BULK Simple XML namespace

The Simple XML namespace is an official namespace identified by the UUID (BULK, http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/). It is a simplistic notation for the XML data available after parsing an XML document is complete. As such, it doesn't provide a way to serialize some components of an XML document, such as the contents of the DTD or unparsed entities. In particular, the encoding declaration of the XML prolog is not serialized, as BULK sreams already carry encoding information. As for any other BULK data, everywhere within an Simple XML form, a stringenc form can appear. An application writing Simple XML data SHOULD use rdf:prefix to denote element and attribute prefixed names and arrays for unprefixed names. The semantics of the rdf:prefix form are application-dependent; an application could choose to evaluate it without changing its value beforehand, thus using expanded names (cf. and ), or follow the XML Infoset principle of keeping the namespace and local part of the name separate. Note that Simple XML cannot store the original prefix associated with a namespace. The goal is to be able to serialize just enough data from a parsed XML document that an equivalent XML document can be unserialized. By equivalent, we mean that it would have the same semantics as the original XML document for applications using this XML format (but defining this latter equivalence in a remotely decent way is outside the scope of this specification). Character data (corresponding to CDATA sections and #PCDATA in XML) SHOULD be serialized as arrays. Note: authors of BULK XML namespaces are encouraged to define names in such a way that frequently-used expressions can be serialized as compactly as possible, using rdf:prefix, define, subst or any similar constructs. This is particularly straightforward and useful for enumerated attributes (but could be used for more complex structures).

0x1 (mnemonic: xml1.0 ) ( xml1.0 {content} ) This form denotes an entity (document entity or external entity) whose XML version is 1.0. Type: Entity

0x2 (mnemonic: xml1.1 ) ( xml1.1 {content} ) This form denotes an entity (document entity or external entity) whose XML version is 1.1. Type: Entity

0x3 (mnemonic: pi ) ( pi {target} {content} ) Type: PI

0x4 (mnemonic: comment ) ( comment {content} ) Type: Comment

0x5 (mnemonic: element ) ( element {name} {content} ) Type: Element

0x6 (mnemonic: attribute ) ( attribute {name} {value} ) Type: Attribute

0x7 (mnemonic: xml: ) ( prefix "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" )

0x8 (mnemonic: xmlns: ) ( prefix "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" )

0x9 (mnemonic: preserve ) ( attribute ( xml: "space" ) "preserve" )