OK. I think I understand this to mean that the
namespace declaration can be used to qualify sub
elements of the element where the declaration appears,
because the identifier is still in scope.
My question relates more to namespace qualified elements.
Consider this example:
<X:parent xmlns:X="MyNamespace">
<child>data</child>
</X:parent>
Is element "child" considered to be implicitly
qualified by namespace X(MyNamespace)?
or is it considered to
have no namespace qualification?
That's where my confusion lies.
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Bourland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 16:19:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: XML namespace question
> Robert,
>
> A namespace declaration applies to the element where
> the element appears and the children of that element.
> Even if the namespace is not explicitly specified.
> Think of a namespace declaration as having scope in
> the same way programming language variables have
> scope.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
> --- Robert Englander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I guess my question applies to attributes
> > as well. For instance, clearly once you specify
> > the encodingStyle attribute, all sub-elements
> > implicitly
> > use that encodingStyle as well unless otherwise
> > specified, correct?
> >
> > So is this the general case for attributes and
> > element
> > namespaces?
> >
> > Sorry if this is obvious stuff. For some reason
> > I've chosen
> > to confuse myself today.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Englander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:35:32 -0400
> > Subject: XML namespace question
> >
> > >
> > > I have a quick XML namespace question:
> > >
> > > Does a sub element of a namespace qualified
> > element inherit
> > > the namespace from its parent?
> > >
> > > e.g.
> > >
> > > <X:parent xmlns:X="MyNamespace">
> > > <child>data</child>
> > > </X:parent>
> > >
> > > Is element child considered to be implicitly
> > qualified by
> > > namespace X(MyNamespace)? or is it considered to
> > have
> > > no namespace qualification?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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