Re: [css3-namespace] XML Core WG's review

Grosso, Paul wrote:
> 
> 3) The last paragraph of 3.1 is very unclear.  We believe it is essential,
> and a consequence of XML Namespaces 1.x, that namespace names must never
> be normalized in any way.  The reference to string syntax vs. url()
> syntax is unclear to us: whichever syntax is permitted, no normalization
> should be done.  We consider this a point that must be clarified in the
> next draft.

Well, there will always be some level of normalization in these two syntaxes:
CSS's backslash escapes, at the very least, must be replaced with the actual
character. So I can't say "no normalization", but I can reinforce that URI
normalization doesn't apply to the string syntax either. I've added "as with
the STRING syntax" to the sentence, so it now reads:

  # A URI string parsed from the <code>URI</code> syntax must be treated as
  # a literal string: as with the <code>STRING</code> syntax, no URI-specific
  # normalization is applied.

Let me know if this addresses your comment.

~fantasai

Received on Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:23:46 UTC