Re: [Sax-devel] SAX and xmlns attributes

[David B. <da...@pa...>]

> In reality, the way I think it happened is that the original 
> Namespaces group made a deliberate decision not to bind the xmlns 
> prefix to a URI. The DOM Working Group disagreed with that decision 
> and wrote a version of DOM that was  deliberately inconsistent with 
> the namespaces spec. The Infoset group sided with the DOM group, and 
> eventually somebody launched a coup to take over the namespaces spec. 
> One common result of a coup is a rewriting of history to make the new 
> rulers appear legitimate. ...

This certainly matches my recollection of the history.


> As with all coups, the new government is seeking recognition from 
> other governments, claiming that they are the legitimate rulers of 
> Namespace land. Some of the other lands outside the W3C iron curtain, 
> such as the Free Kingdom of SAX and the Democratic Republic of JDOM, 
> do not accept the coup, and consider the new rulers to be 
> illegitimate. They continue to recognize the original government and 
> abide by the treaties which they negotiated with them. Indeed, the 
> efforts of the new government to unilaterally abrogate the existing 
> treaties often serve as de facto evidence of illegitimacy.

And with the increasing alignment of the W3C with the Federation,
the rebel alliance has its work cut out for it ... :)

- Dave