16272 2012-03-08 10:07:59 +0000 Use of foreign namespace in SVG marked as invalid. 2012-03-08 10:07:59 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser HEAD PC Linux NEW P2 normal --- 1 tavmjong dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 65138 0 tavmjong 2012-03-08 10:07:59 +0000 SVG specifically allows foreign namespaces. The validator marks them as invalid. The following example, taken from the SVG 1.1 2nd edition specification returns the error: "Element piechart from namespace http://example.org/myapp not allowed as child of SVG element defs in this context." <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <svg width="4in" height="3in" version="1.1" xmlns = 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'> <defs> <myapp:piechart xmlns:myapp="http://example.org/myapp" title="Sales by Region"> <myapp:pieslice label="Northern Region" value="1.23"/> <myapp:pieslice label="Eastern Region" value="2.53"/> <myapp:pieslice label="Southern Region" value="3.89"/> <myapp:pieslice label="Western Region" value="2.04"/> <!-- Other private data goes here --> </myapp:piechart> </defs> <desc>This chart includes private data in another namespace </desc> <!-- In here would be the actual SVG graphics elements which draw the pie chart --> </svg> See: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/extend.html