- From: Simon Pieters <zcorpan@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 00:24:27 +0200
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:42:09 +0200, Martin Atkins <mart at degeneration.co.uk> wrote: > Simon Pieters wrote: >> This could thus also imply: >> * Don't disallow lang="" in XHTML5 >> * Don't disallow <base href> in XHTML5. >> * Don't disallow <meta charset> in XHTML5 (it doesn't do any good, but >> doesn't harm either). >> > > When using these, though, generic XML tools (i.e., those that aren't > XHTML-aware) won't "see" these elements. This doesn't really matter much > for the first and third, but for xml:base it can have a practical effect > on how the document is processed in the presence of embedded XML > fragments from other vocabularies. I'm not suggesting that xml:base should be disallowed. If generic XML processing is important, then you're free to use xml:lang, xml:id, xml:base, etc. > And if you aren't going to use generic XML tools or embed fragments from > other vocabularies, why would you use XHTML rather than plain old HTML? Good question. -- Simon Pieters
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