The W3C Technical Report you requested:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xml-names
has progressed to a further level in the W3C process. A more up to date specification is available at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names
We recommend that you use this version instead.
If you wish to access the old version of this specification, it is permanently available at:
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/WD-xml-names-19980916