Re: innerHTML in XML

Cameron McCormack wrote:
> Cameron McCormack:
>>>>   If any of the elements in the serialization are in the null namespace,
>>>>   the default namespace in scope for those elements must be explicitly
>>>>   declared as the empty string.
>>>>    — http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/#innerhtml1
> 
> Julian Reschke:
>> I guess the question was whether this is a requirement that exceeds  
>> normal XML serializations requirements.
>>
>> For the example, yes, obviously the xmlns="" is required.
>>
>> The question is, is it required to add the xmlns="" in cases like
>>
>>  <foo xmlns=""><bar xmlns=""/></foo>
>>
>> ?
> 
>  From the wording above it doesn’t sound like the one on the <bar> is
> required.

Right. But is the one in <foo> required? I think so (per HTML5, although 
not per XML).

BR, Julian

Received on Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:54:12 UTC