[tei-council] Attributes in no namespace
Syd Bauman
s.bauman at neu.edu
Mon Dec 30 18:06:09 EST 2013
Quick thoughts on this:
* Martin is correct, the tei:rend= attributes shown in the 2nd
example of 22.4.2 do not match the "normal" TEI rend= attribute
(which is in no namespace), and thus do not do what the prose says
they do. (What the prose says does apply to elements, though.)
* I'm inclined to just ditch the example and associated prose.
* Martin fears our inability to distinguish attributes, a fear I
think is a bit silly. It's certainly not as easy as saying
"@tei:end" and "@svg:end", but "tei:*/@end" and "svg:*/@end" work
just as well. (Not to mention the more precise "tei:kinesic/@end"
and "svg:subImageRef/@end".) Yes, if you've actually matched the
"@end", i.e. the attribute of unknown origin is the context node,
then you'll have to test namespace-uri(). Not pretty, but certainly
not worth railing about much.
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