Namespaces (Was: Re: [Xpath-ng] Thoughts on work products)

[Robin Berjon]

David Rosenborg wrote:
> If we should decide to drop namespace nodes from the XPath Ng
> model (which I generally think would be a good thing) we might
> run into problems if we try to create a module for node constructors.
> 
> If we have node constructors, I think it's necessary to be able
> to specify namespace declarations for a constructed element. I'm
> not saying we must have namespace *nodes* for this but we
> should at least have some idea how do it, if we ever do it.

Wouldn't it be sufficient to provide for a way to express the namespace 
component of a name? We might be able to get away with {ns}ln, or given a way to 
bind prefixes, simple QNames.

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Robin Berjon <robin.berjon at expway.fr>
Research Engineer, Expway
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