25143 2014-03-24 22:23:51 +0000 SVG 1.1 validation: Don't foreignObject tag contents 2014-03-24 23:10:23 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser HEAD All All NEW P2 normal --- 1 trlkly dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 102863 0 trlkly 2014-03-24 22:23:51 +0000 DESCRIPTION: Per http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/extend.html, the contents of a foreignObject element are "assumed to be from a different namespace." They thus should not be checked against the SVG DTD. Yet, if you attempt to validate a file of the following structure, every tag inside the foreignObject returns errors, one for the tag itself and one for each included attribute. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="1" width="1" version="1.1"> <foreignObject width="0" height="0"> <newtag1 options="options"> <newtag2 options="options" /> </newtag1> </foreignObject> </svg> CURRENT BEHAVIOR: Four errors. DESIRED BEHAVIOR: No errors. Anything inside a foreignObject block should only be tested for being valid XML, if at all. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I tried to put this on the mailing list before filing a bug, to make sure I'm not misunderstanding something, but it kept saying it was coming from my private personal email address instead of this public one. 102865 1 trlkly 2014-03-24 23:10:23 +0000 Changing the structure to use switch statements as follows does not help, although it does limit the errors to one, refusing to continue parsing after encountering the newtag1 branch. <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="1" width="1" version="1.1"> <switch> <foreignObject width="0" height="0" requiredExtensions="http://www.google.com"> <newtag1 options="options"> <newtag2 options="options" /> </newtag1> </foreignObject> </switch> </svg>