[ I dropped dsdl-comment@[...].org as apparently its moderated and I'm
not on it]

>  which claim, as I noted, is bogus. 
It's not particularly useful but I don't see how you can argue with the
spec. If it says that elements are in no namespace unless explictly
declared to be in a namespace then presumably that is the case, by
definition. 

(Even if the only sensible way to interpret these things is to treat
them as if they were in a namespace with either no name or name "").

>  So what does one call this 'set of names which has the name "", but
>  which one can for historical reasons not call a namespace'? 

That. (phrases like that appear most weeks on xsl-list in answer to user
questions:-) 

David


_____________________________________________________________________
This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet
delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further
information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call
Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org> , an
initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> 

The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/

To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription
manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>