namespaces discussions off-topic (was Re: [uf-discuss] changing abbr-design-pattern to title-design-pattern?)

[Tim Parkin]

Ian Davis wrote:
> On 01/05/2007 17:03, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
>> Hello Tantek,
>>
>> I think Ian may have meant... what about using (for Microformats)
>> namespaces with pre-defined (and never changing) namespace prefixes
>> (like in Java and Perl), instead of variable namespace prefixes (like
>> in XML).
>>
> 
> Yes. Of course I understand the distinction between code and content. 
> But I suggested Java and Perl practices as illustrations of conventions 
> for namespacing things. I'm interested in looking at patterns of naming 
> that may allow more decentralised collaboration.
> 

I would also be good to ressurect the page called 
NamespacesChickenLittling, of which I can see no trace but is referred 
to in "vote-links-faq" i.e. "For followup Q&A about VoteLinks and 
namespaces, see NamespacesChickenLittling".

this could probably cover the hAudio namespace useage also.

Tim

p.s. I'm not sure namespaces can be said to have failed when 
http://microformats.org has two of them..