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

by Christopher Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>

Date:	Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:18:17 +1000
To:	David Meadows <david(at)heroes.force9.co.uk>
Cc:	hwg-xml(at)hwg.org
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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

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