>  From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@[...].com]

<snip/> 

>  It's not, but this is probably a bug BTW.  You can "undeclare" the
>  default namespace like so:
>  
>  <root xmlns="foo" >
>   <child xmlns="" />
>   </root>
>  
>  so why shouldn't you be able to undeclare other prefixes, e.g.
>  
>  <root xmlns:foo="bar" >
>    <child xmlns:foo="" />
>    </root>

I never thought this was a bug. It seems logical, to me. There is no way to
include an element with no namespace if a default namespace is in scope,
unless you undeclare the default namespace. A namespace mapped to a prefix
poses no such impediment, though. The current formulation seems reasonable
to me.

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