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Add reference to XML Namespaces and require namespace well-formed output #335

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Added repetitions; rebased off latest master
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Add XML Namespaces constraints to the spec
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Expand Up @@ -765,8 +765,10 @@ <h2 id="serialisation"><a href="#serialisation">Constructing XML</a></h2>

<h3 id="x-serialisation"><a href="#x-serialisation">Serialization</a></h3>

<p>A conformant Invisible XML processor is required to produce well-formed XML
output, but its choices in constructing the XML are not otherwise constrained.
<p>A conformant Invisible XML processor is required to produce well-formed
output [<a href="#xml">XML</a>]
that is namespace well-formed [<a href="#xmlns">XMLNS</a>],
but its choices in constructing the XML are not otherwise constrained.
Processors <span class="conform">should</span> be capable of producing
serialized XML as a character stream, but other forms (e.g. DOM instances or XDM
instances) <span class="conform">may</span> also be used.</p>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1032,6 +1034,10 @@ <h2 id="references"><a href="#references">References</a></h2>
Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition)</em>, W3C, 2008, <a
href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/">https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/</a></p>

<p id="xmlns">[XMLNS] Tim Bray <em>et al</em>. (eds.), <em>Namespaces
in XML 1.0 (Third Edition)</em>, W3C, 2009, <a
href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names/">https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names/</a></p>

<h2 id="informational"><a href="#informational">Informational References</a></h2>

<p id="cyk">[CYK] Sakai, Itiroo. <em>Syntax in universal translation</em>. In
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