Re: [xml] question about how to set namespace in libxml

["Michael Ludwig" <milu71 gmx de>]

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> Datum: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:37:29 +0800
> Von: Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
> An: xml gnome org
> Betreff: Re: [xml] question about how to set namespace in libxml

>   No basically the fact that the document is not namespace aware
> should not change the way it's parsed, basically the missing xmlns
> should not affect parsing :
>   - document is returned (it's well formed, not a fatal error)
>   - a namespace error is issued (but application can ignore it)
>   - the names generated in the document should use foo:bar
>
>  the parser works for 1/ and 2/ but fails on 3/ and I think it's a
> regression, but I don't know when it was introduced.

Thanks, good to know.

>   Basically the document is not namespace well-formed. I think that
> parts where the namespace is found should be reported adequately,

"Reported adequately", I'm not quite sure what that means.

> part where the namepspace is missing the original name with the column
> should be passed to the application (along with the error of course !)

Sounds like a hybrid mode to me, but I'm probably misunderstanding.

>  From a spec POV it's a grey area because the APIs aren't defined and
> and document is well-formed but not namespace well-formed, but I don't
> see why one behaviour should be mandated rather than another one (except
> the document is 1.0 WF so must parse fully)

Thanks for your insightful answer.

Best,

Michael
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