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Subject: RE: handling namespaces in advance Re: [xsl] namespace required in transform
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:56:52 +0100

> I've been encountering this situation more and more, if not 
> for the pure fact that xml is now being used in more projects.
> 
> for example
> 
> xml
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <test:test>
> </test:test>
> 

I don't think it's ever likely that XSLT or XPath will be extended to
handle XML that isn't namespace-well-formed. Even the raw XML 1.0 spec
warns people not to use colons that way.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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