Re: FW: W3C XML ID ambiguity

Chris Lilley wrote:

> EH> The only reason to use xml:id is an adamant belief that all names should
> EH> have colons in them. Namespaces have long since been recognized as an
> EH> ungodly mess and an ugly kludge. It's well past time we stopped 
> EH> enforcing that kludge on every new spec despite very good reasons to go
> EH> down a different path.
> 
> Sure, if you don't mind a few years of churn and if you have something
> better.

I did say "new spec". There's no churn here. xmlid is something better. 
xml:id looks more broken every day. Let's accept it and move on.

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