On 9/30/02 4:40 PM, "Matt Gushee" <mgushee / havenrock.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 03:52:48AM +0900, Volkmann, Mark wrote:
 
>> When attribute values don't contain prefixes, I believe I'm supposed to
>> assume the targetnamespace which I can get from the "targetNamespace"
>> attribute on the "definitions" element.
> 
> That must be a WSDL thing. AFAIK the Namespaces spec doesn't provide for
> namespaces in attribute values. But I haven't read the whole spec, and
> it's been a while since I've read any of it. I do remember a recurring
> debate about whether it's a good idea to design language specs that call
> for namespaces in attribute values.

W3C appears to have sanctioned the practice. Personally, I think the idea is
appalling.