[Expat-checkins] expat/doc reference.html,1.63,1.64

[Karl Waclawek]

Update of /cvsroot/expat/expat/doc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv31335

Modified Files:
	reference.html 
Log Message:
Improved and corrected namespace processing documentation.

Index: reference.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/expat/expat/doc/reference.html,v
retrieving revision 1.63
retrieving revision 1.64
diff -u -d -r1.63 -r1.64
--- reference.html	14 Dec 2004 17:26:18 -0000	1.63
+++ reference.html	20 Dec 2004 03:23:29 -0000	1.64
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@
 separator character (which is the 2nd argument to <code><a href=
 "#XML_ParserCreateNS" >XML_ParserCreateNS</a></code>), and the local
 name (i.e. the part after the colon). Names with undeclared prefixes
-are passed through to the handlers unchanged, with the prefix and
-colon still attached. Unprefixed attribute names are never expanded,
+are not well-formed when namespace processing is enabled, and will
+trigger an error. Unprefixed attribute names are never expanded,
 and unprefixed element names are only expanded when they are in the
 scope of a default namespace.</p>
 
@@ -908,7 +908,11 @@
 expanded element names and attribute names are returned as a concatenation
 of the namespace URI, <em>sep</em>, and the local part of the name. This
 means that you should pick a character for <em>sep</em> that can't be
-part of a legal URI.</div>
+part of a legal URI. There is a special case when <em>sep</em> is the null
+character <code>'\0'</code>: the namespace URI and the local part will be
+concatenated without any separator - this is intended to support RDF processors.
+It is a programming error to use the null separator with 
+<a href= "#XML_SetReturnNSTriplet">namespace triplets</a>.</div>
 
 <pre class="fcndec" id="XML_ParserCreate_MM">
 XML_Parser XMLCALL