RE: [xsl] Namespace Identifiers - URI, URN, URL?

["Hewko, Doug" <Doug dot Hewko at ccra-adrc dot gc dot ca>]

Thanks for the reply. This might be one of the great unsolved mysteries, but
isn't it confusing since "'xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"; does not
necessarily refer to a real URL? Just wondering why the W3 couldn't use
something else that doesn't start with "http"..

Ohh...so I do not need the <?xml ... > declaration in the stylesheets? Quick
side question; does having that cause any problems?

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bayes [mailto:chris@Bayes.co.uk]
Sent: August 29, 2001 8:00 AM
To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
Subject: RE: [xsl] Namespace Identifiers - URI, URN, URL?


Doug,
> We all know the prolog of our XSL documents look something like this;
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl";>

Or rather <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> 
> Does the namespace 'xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl";' 
> actually refer to a URL 
No

Ciao Chris

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