Do XML namespace declarations apply to DTDs?

XML Interview Questions and Answers

(Continued from previous question...)

87. Do XML namespace declarations apply to DTDs?

No.
In particular, an xmlns attribute declared in the DTD with a default is not an XML namespace declaration for the DTD.. (Note that an earlier version of MSXML (the parser used by Internet Explorer) did use such declarations as XML namespace declarations, but that this was removed in MSXML 4.

(Continued on next question...)

Other Interview Questions

• Can an application be both namespace-aware and namespace-unaware?
• What does the URI used as an XML namespace name point to?
• Do XML namespaces apply to entity names, notation names, or processing instruction targets?
• What is DOM and how does it relate to XML?
• Can an application be both namespace-aware and namespace-unaware?
• How do I configure an XPointer processor?
• What does an XML document actually look like (inside)?
• How do I install the XPointer processor?
• Aren't XML, SGML, and HTML all the same thing?
• How do I use XML namespaces with SAX 1.0?
• More...