On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:09:55 -0800, in xml you wrote:

> I believe that XSLT 1.0 was the original culprit, but I could be wrong. Now
> XML Schemas, Canonical XML, and other specs rely on the prefixes and scope
> of namespace declarations as significant information to be passed to the
> application, rather than just a lexical mechanism to resolve element and
> attribute names. This has introduced an amazing amount of complexity. In
> fact, XML Namespaces are actually getting a worse rap than they deserve,
> thanks to this increasingly common and fully-W3C-sanctioned practice.
> 
> Is it too late to fix this? W3C specs would have to change. My question is:
> who else uses QNames in attribute values? Is there no turning back?


WSDL uses attribute values with QNames, and SOAP uses QNames in
element values.

Cheers
Simon


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