[tei-council] Attributes in no namespace

[Martin Holmes]

XPath suggests we don't use it in the Guidelines, assuming this XPath works:

//*:egXML[descendant::*/@rend[namespace-uri(.) != '']]

It finds nothing, while this:

//*:egXML[descendant::*/@rend[namespace-uri(.) = '']]

finds 108 items.

Assuming we don't use it, I'm very glad, because it means we could 
quietly retire that piece of the chapter. Assuming I'm right about this.

This goes one step further towards convincing me that the whole idea 
that unprefixed namespaces are in the empty string namespace is a 
disastrous flaw in the design of XML.

Cheers,
Martin

On 13-12-29 02:54 PM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Amazing. I have no memory of that trick.
> Do we use it anywhere? Is it implemented?
>
> Sebastian
>
> Carved in stone on my iPad
>