Arc Forum | I think in the x:a syntax, the x part is supposed to denote the xml namespace in...

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2 points by shader 5040 days ago | link | parent

I think in the x:a syntax, the x part is supposed to denote the xml namespace in which the tag is defined. It's used in things like xpath.

1 point by rocketnia 5039 days ago | link

I think so too. The x is defined here at the beginning of the example:

  (*TOP* (@ (*NAMESPACES* (x "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml")))
   ...

There's an okay introduction to namespace usage in XML and SXML here: http://www196.pair.com/lisovsky/xml/ns/

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