Re: [xbiblio-devel] spec

[Bruce D'A. <bd...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Frank Bennett<bie...@gm...> wrote:

> If there is at least one test in the test suite that covers the issue
> you're worrying over here, you can spare the clutter in the
> specification (and the abusive language as well).  A footnote or
> parenthetical early in the spec that contains an explanation of
> namespaces and thier importance, suitable for copy-pasting, should be
> sufficient to cover this.

That's a reasonable point, but there's one wrinkle:

The attributes in CSL are not namespaced. The elements are. Is it
misleading/confusing, then, if developers see "text" and "name",
rather than the more correct "cs:text" and "name"?

Bruce