[XML-SIG] Element.localName, Attr.localName

[Uche Ogbuji]

> 
> Martin v. Loewis writes:
>  > > <doc xmlns:a="http://xml.python.org/a"
>  > >      xmlns:A="http://xml.python.org/a"
>  > >      xmlns:b="http://xml.python.org/b"
>  > >      a:a="a" b:b="b"
>  > >      />
>  > > 
>  > > This is just XML 1.0, no namespaces!
>  > 
>  > Why do you say that this document has no namespaces? It looks to me
>  > like it has!
> 
> Because I've said this is only an XML 1.0 document only; it happens to
> attributes that would be namespace declarations and prefixes if
> namespace processing were active, but it isn't.

Umm.  Not so fast.  This document is not XML 1.0 well-formed because attribute 
names starting with "xml" are reserved.

It only becomes WF through the auspices of XMLNS.  So either it's a namespaces 
document, or it's not an XML document at all  :-)


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