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Re: tricky XHTML 1.0 namespace question

  • From: David Megginson <david@m...>
  • To: XML-Dev Mailing list <xml-dev@i...>, www-html@w...
  • Date: 17 Jan 2000 14:03:44 -0500

xhtml and namespace
"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> writes:

> If so, is:
> 
>                       This is also available <xhtml:a
> xhtml:href="http://www.w3.org/">online</xhtml:a>.
> 
> equivalent to:
> 
>                       This is also available <xhtml:a
> href="http://www.w3.org/">online</xhtml:a>.
> 
> While XHTML seems to assume that attributes with no prefix fall into
> the namespace of their containing element throughout, I can't find
> this stated explicitly.  (Perhaps they weren't aware that this has
> been a contentious issue?)

Yes, it would have been better if RDF and XHTML had included explicit
statements to this effect, though I have yet to see a spec that does
things the other way.  It's not too late for XHTML -- try submitting a 
formal comment to the WG before it goes to REC.


All the best,


David

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