[JDEV] Namespace usage on server

[Franck Mangin]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Saint-Andre [mailto:stpeter at jabber.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 6:56 AM
> To: 'jdev at jabber.org'
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Namespace usage on server
> 
> 
> > <stream:stream to='jabber' 
> >                xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams'
> >                xmlns='jabber:client'>
> >    <iq id='A3' type='get'>
> 
> vs.
> 
> > <stream:stream to='jabber' 
> >                xmlns:stream='http://etherx.jabber.org/streams'>
> >    <iq xmlns='jabber:client' id='A3' type='get'>
> 
> The xmlns 'jabber:client' refers to the stream, not just any 
> old element
> (e.g., your <iq/> element) within the stream, thus the error. 
> All streams
> must be identified as jabber:client, jabber:component, or 
> jabber:server.

  From what I understand of XML namespaces, jabber:client defines a
default namespace, which has no effect on the stream:stream element
since the "stream" prefix explicitly puts it in the stream namespace.
 
  Franck Mangin