> I've looked at the proposal, and you will see it.  Today you 
> wouldn't because there are no namespaces and thus no conflicts.
> 
> I agree we need namespaces, I just think we can do better, 

That's the thing, not everyone agrees about needing them, which in the past
has made adding them a losing battle.

> both in looks and in functionality.  It's nothing against 
> Goeran, just as I told him, I think his Delta's thing is 
> right on the money.  I just think this is really going to 
> "give us only enough rope...."

Which is at least a step forward, more than you're likely to get with any
other proposal.  Watch what a battle adding "real" namespaces turns into,
and you'll see how good formalizing prefixes looks after a while.

Ramon Leon