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Re: namespace
- From: Norman Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- To: joel amoussou <amoussouj at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 06:47:22 -1000
- Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: namespace
- References: <F3054XpKbyGwomi5ywM000088e5@hotmail.com>
/ joel amoussou <amoussouj@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
| Is there any namespace for DocBook?
No, DocBook does not have a namespace. The primary reasons are
historical. DocBook predates XML and namespaces by at least five years
and there is significant legacy built on SGML DocBook in which a
namespace would be inconvenient at best.
Even in the XML world, adding a namespace would break just about every
DocBook tool out there.
Be seeing you,
norm
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