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Bug 17745 - xml:base and xml:space allowed on foreign elements, but also forbidden
Summary: xml:base and xml:space allowed on foreign elements, but also forbidden
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Silvia Pfeiffer
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2012-07-11 15:28 UTC by Henry S. Thompson
Modified: 2012-09-21 10:21 UTC (History)
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Description Henry S. Thompson 2012-07-11 15:28:03 UTC 
Is it a terminology issue, or a deeper problem, that we have both

  When a _foreign element_ has one of the namespaced attributes given by
  the local name and namespace of the first and second cells of a row
  from the following table, it must be written using the name given by
  the third cell from the same row. . . xml:base . . . xml:space

  [Section 8.1.2.3 Attributes, in Section 8 The HTML Syntax]

but also

  Authors must not use the xml:base attribute in _HTML documents_.

  [Section 3.2.3.5 The xml:base attribute (XML only)]

?

That is, the former appears to allow xml:base on foreign elements,
while the latter appears to forbid it.  Please clarify this in the
spec. one way or the other --- our preference would be for the xml:
attributes to be allowed on foreign elements.

Submitted on behalf of the XML Core WG
Comment 1 Simon Pieters 2012-07-11 16:48:09 UTC 
I think they should be allowed on HTML elements as well. They can be set by script, and xml:base might well be useful.
Comment 2 contributor 2012-07-18 07:13:04 UTC 
This bug was cloned to create bug 17890 as part of operation convergence.
Comment 3 Silvia Pfeiffer 2012-09-21 10:21:23 UTC 
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   Status: Accepted
   Change Description: Patch applied
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/cb736cefe0be9113d2934d59f3a29b72e5cc5f64
   Rationale: adopted from WHATWG