Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition) publication history Date Status 8 December 2009 Recommendation 6 August 2009 Proposed Edited Recommendation 16 August 2006 Recommendation 14 June 2006 Proposed Edited Recommendation 14 January 1999 Recommendation 17 November 1998 Proposed Recommendation 16 September 1998 Working Draft 2 August 1998 Working Draft 18 May 1998 Working Draft 27 March 1998 Working Draft 19 January 1998 Note