Re: [xsl] 2.1 Must Allow Matching on Default Namespace Without Explicit Prefix

["Steve Muench" <Steve dot Muench at oracle dot com>]

| Interesting... Now, it will be a learnability hurdle for those of use who
| have already learned. But I certainly hope we'll be in the minority :)

| But you still didn't answer my question. Will the default namespace be used
| to evaluate XPath expressions? I know they're different specs, but I think
| inconsistency there would cause even more confusion.

Supporting the ability to match on default namespace does not
predicate a particular design on how to enable this feature.
The other requirement (#1.1) to maintain compatibility with
XSLT 1.x would mean that fulfilling requirement #2.1
could not be done via a wholesale change in default behavior
as I believe you are fearing. 

______________________________________________________________
Steve Muench, Lead XML Evangelist & Consulting Product Manager
BC4J & XSQL Servlet Development Teams, Oracle Rep to XSL WG
Author "Building Oracle XML Applications", O'Reilly
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp/



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