Re: XML:ID extension spec proposal to HTML5 documents

On 04/02/2014 19:44 , Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
> David, you defined a DTD last year: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-pubid/
> According to Jirka, you are therefore not reasonable. :-D

Actually, all that that spec defines is a public identifier.

>>> The attribute in no namespace with no prefix and with the literal
>>> localname "xml:lang" has no effect on language processing.
>
> Actually, when describing xml:id, the spec proposal borrows heavily
> from how HTML5 describes xml:lang.
>
> Given a logic which says that ”everything that applies to XML, also
> applies to XHTML”, then HTML5 clearly says things about xml:lang that
> it did not have to say. Or how about this: ”The lang attribute in the
> XML namespace may be used on HTML elements in XML documents”?

You're missing the point. There is support for xml:lang because there is 
a lot of content out there that uses it. It *had* to be given meaning.

That case does not apply to xml:id, so trying to reuse the same 
reasoning does not work.

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Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon

Received on Wednesday, 5 February 2014 09:10:07 UTC