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RE: adding attribute to copy
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:58:16 +0100
- Subject: RE: [xsl] adding attribute to copy
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> Anyway- why does the namespace thingy work even if i am offline?
> Why is there an URL if it isnt "needed"?
You need to do some background reading....
XML uses URIs to identify namespaces because they are a convenient way
of allocating unique names. They do not identify any network-accessible
resource. And in practice, you can use any string you like as a
namespace name - the spec says that it should be a legal URI, but it
doesn't say that your document is namespace-ill-formed if it isn't.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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