/ Ian Hickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Norman Walsh wrote: |> |> Apologies for the tardiness in sending these comments. The XML Core WG |> has reviewed XML Binding Language (XBL) 2.0 and offers the following two |> comments. |> |> > 1.4.7. Extension Mechanisms |> |> Section 1.4.7 speaks of the per-element partition of attribute names. |> This is, I think, a holdover from the first edition of Namespaces in |> XML. We suggest that it be updated to the terminology in the latest |> Namespaces REC. | | I couldn't work out exactly what the new terminology was from the | Namespces in XML spec, but I've tried to fix the spec. Please let me know | if it is acceptable.
Could you please remind me where the updated draft is located? |> > 2.16. The id Attribute of XBL Elements |> |> There is, of course, a historical preceding for naming attributes of |> type ID "id". However, we recommend that the attribute of type ID in XBL |> 2.0 be spelled "xml:id". | | I don't understand. Could you elaborate on why you recommend making the | attribute name longer? Because it will allow XML processes to recognize that the attributes are of type ID without relying on external information such as DTDs and schemas. See http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-id/#intro Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh XML Standards Architect Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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