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<h2 class="entry-header">A story about namespaces, MIME types, and URIs</h2>
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<p>Noone seems to know where the story begins; Ian Jacobs reminded me about <cite>magic namespaces</cite> as I enjoyed breakfast on Thursday; Steven Pemberton and Bert Bos had told it to him, perhaps prompted by Ian Hickson's question in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2007/11/tpac-2007-uri-extensibility.html">URI-based extensibility panel</a> the day before: <i>how do we make namespaces usable by HTML authors?</i></p><p>On Saturday, I took an <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/actions/11">action</a> in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/nov07#sat_aria">HTML Working Group discussion of ARIA</a> to write it up. Little did I know that by the time I got back to the office, Norm would have written up <i><a href="http://norman.walsh.name/2007/11/12/implNamespaces">Implicit Namespaces</a></i> for me.<br /></p><p> Thanks, Norm!<br /></p>
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<p class="postinfo">Filed by <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</a> on November 13, 2007 2:59 AM in <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/archive/web_architecture/">Web Architecture</a><br />
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Justin Thorp </strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c083466">#</a> 2007-11-13</span>
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<p>So... what are your thoughts on Ian Hickson's question, "how do we make namespaces usable by HTML authors?" That's my biggest issue. It's a pretty dense topic to get your head around... little alone teach to someone else.</p>
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<span class="comment-meta-author"><strong>Dan Connolly </strong></span>
<span class="comment-meta-date"><a href="#c086431">#</a> 2007-11-20</span>
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<p>Good question. I think I can see the answer, but I won't be sure until I can write it up. Here's hoping I find time soon...</p>
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