[Bug 16949] New: XHTML syntax description is lacking or misphrased

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16949

           Summary: XHTML syntax description is lacking or misphrased
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: other Hixie drafts (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: master_pumpkin_@hotmail.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org


13.1 Writing XHTML documents

'The syntax for using HTML with XML, whether in XHTML documents or embedded in
other XML documents, is defined in the XML and Namespaces in XML
specifications.'

I assume that instead of the HTML syntax, "HTML" refers to the "abstract
language" (also called HTML?) here. I guess the reader has to figure out how
the abstract language maps to XML. The XML specifications don't give that
information, contrary to what this sentence suggests. At least XHTML documents
are not valid XML since there is no DTD.

'This specification does not define any syntax-level requirements beyond those
defined for XML proper.'

What does "defined for" mean here? The abstract language clearly sets
syntax-level requirements (part of the syntax), since any well-formed XML
document could otherwise be called XHTML.

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Received on Monday, 7 May 2012 04:07:31 UTC