[XML-SIG] XML namespaces and Python attributes

[Paul Prescod]

Ken MacLeod wrote:
> 
> ...
> We used
> Python as an example:
> 
>   rdf = 'http://www.w3.org/TR/RDF/'
>   my_description = some_item.rdf:description
> 
> and an unaliased syntax:
> 
>   my_description = some_item.{http://www.w3.org/TR/RDF/}description

I've been thinking about a pseudo-RDF implementation and my thoughts
about syntax were:

some_item["http://www.w3.org/TR/RDF/prop"]["http://www.w3.org/TR/RDF/prop"][5]

and of course:

some_item[rdf+"/prop"][rdf+"/prop"]

Of course this would only apply to specially-designed objects that
support RDF-based getitem.

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