- From: Martin McEvoy <martin@weborganics.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:40:36 +0100
- To: Toby A Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- CC: RDFa Developers <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>
Hello Toby . Toby A Inkster wrote: > On 12 Aug 2009, at 05:24, Martin McEvoy wrote: > >> <div xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> >> <h2 property="dc:title">The trouble with Bob</h2> >> <h3 property="dc:creator">Alice</h3> >> ... >> </div> >> >> The above example is invalid because it declares the div having a >> prefix of dc: example: >> >> <dc:div xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> >> <h2 property="dc:title">The trouble with Bob</h2> >> <h3 property="dc:creator">Alice</h3> >> ... >> </dc:div> > > > No Martin, that's not how the default namespace (which <div> is in) > works. xmlns="..." sets the default namespace, so would have an effect > on the meaning of <div>. xmlns:dc="..." sets an explicitly prefixed > namespace, so has no effect on the meaning of the <div> element. I am misunderstanding the meaning of this http://www.validome.org/xml/validate/?lang=en&viewSourceCode=1&url=http://weborganics.co.uk /test/xhtml-test.xhtml ? Best wishes -- Martin McEvoy http://weborganics.co.uk/
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