Re: namespace [was: Re: Images & mouseovers]

by John Allred <webmaster(at)mscounties.com>

Date:	Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:00:20 -0500
To:	Christopher Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
Cc:	David Meadows <david(at)heroes.force9.co.uk>, hwg-xml(at)hwg.org
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Help me out, Chris. Is what you're describing here the same as using a
schema? If so, wouldn't it be cool if there was a ready-made resume
schema?

--John

Christopher Higgs wrote:
> 
> At 19:25 29/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >I have to confess that I don't know much about Namespace, as it relates to
> >XML. Can you give me (or point me to) a 10-minute guide?
> 
> The idea of a namespace is that, rather than reinvent the wheel, you can
> "borrow" elements and syntax from a different DTD and incorporate them
> directly within your XML file.  The Namespace pointer (xmlns) references a
> unique URI that should describes the XML-based language from which the
> vocabulary is borrowed, thus maintaining the semantics of that language.
> 
> http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm
> 
> Chris

-- 
John Allred / Jackson, Mississippi

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