* Uche Ogbuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-12-01 17:55]:
> Your suggested change would not be incorrect, but it would add
> no value and be confusing (at least until atom ever decided to
> have "global" attributes, for some reason).
Confusing, how? Attributes in the Atom namespace are already
forbidden, unless I’m misreading the following:
6.2 Extensions To the Atom Vocabulary
The Atom namespace is reserved for future forwards-compatible
revisions of Atom. Future versions of this specification
could add new elements and attributes to the Atom markup
vocabulary. Software written to conform to this version of
the specification will not be able to process such markup
correctly and, in fact, will not be able to distinguish it
from markup error. For the purposes of this discussion,
unrecognized markup from the Atom vocabulary will be
considered "foreign markup".
The schema OTOH permits unknown attributes in the Atom namespace
in undefinedAttribute – whereas it explicitly excludes unknown
elements in simpleExtensionElement, anyForeignElement and
friends.
So if my reading is correct, the (normative) spec disagrees with
the (informal) schema. I’d say that is what’s confusing.
Regards,
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