html5/spec Overview.html,1.4979,1.4980

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	Overview.html 
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Explain noscript's non-xml support. (whatwg r6214)

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   historical reasons, the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is handled
   differently by the <a href="#html-parser">HTML parser</a> based on whether <a href="#scripting-flag" title="scripting flag">scripting was enabled or not</a> when the
   parser was invoked.<p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must not be used in <a href="#xml-documents">XML
-  documents</a>.<p class="note"><strong>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is only
-  effective in <a href="#syntax">the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in
-  <a href="#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML syntax</a>.</strong><div class="impl">
+  documents</a>.<p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is only effective
+  in <a href="#syntax">the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in <a href="#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML
+  syntax</a>. This is because the way it works is by essentially
+  "turning off" the parser when scripts are enabled, so that the
+  contents of the element are treated as pure text and not as real
+  elements. XML does not define a mechanism by which to do this.<div class="impl">
 
   <p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element has no other requirements. In
   particular, children of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element are not

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