I think (but I'm not 100% sure about this) that the "library:" is just a convention for a namespace associated with a SWC. But this convention allows the sole "http:" namespace to stand out as the language namespace that indicates the use of MXML 2006 vs. MXML 2009, which I think is nice.
In general, XML namespaces are not expected to map to web pages. - Gordon -----Original Message----- From: Justin Mclean [mailto:justinmcl...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Justin Mclean Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:41 PM To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: What namespace should new components go in? HI, > http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009 -> http://ns.apache.com/mxml/2012 > library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark -> > library://ns.apache.com/flex/spark > library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx -> library://ns.apache.com/flex/mx Probably better to use "flex.apache.com/ns" rather than "ns.apache.com" as once we incubate we'll have access to "flex.apache.com" but not "apache.com". While not essential I think it nice if the URIs map to real web page. I assume it would be possible to have both namespaces coexisting for a while as it's just a mapping between uri's and manifest files in flex-config.xml. BTW any reason the newer namespace have "library:" rather than "http:"? Thanks, Justin
