You can remove it.

Best,

Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
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From: oXygen-user <oxygen-user-bounces@oxygenxml.com> On Behalf Of Frank Dissinger
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 10:38 AM
To: Oxygen User Mailing List <oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com>
Subject: [oXygen-user] Do I need a namespace declaration in dita root elements?

Hi all,

I am cleaning up DITA files created with FrameMaker. FrameMaker has added a lot of unnecessary attributes, for example.

Among others, FM has added an xmlns:ditaarch attribute to every top-level dita element such as concept, task or reference. Example:

<concept id="id187JBI00EHS" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns:ditaarch="http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/">

Can I safely remove this attribute or is it required?

Regards,

Frank

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