- From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:28:58 -0500
James Graham wrote: > Ignoring the _syntax_ for a moment, there have been reasons given for > wanting to use XML _features_ in HTML5 - the desire to embed MathML or > SVG in a HTML document, for example. You suggest punting these use cases > to XHTML5, without addressing the fundamental problem that the XML > parsing model is unsuitable for the web, so denying authors the > possibility of rich (what XML would regard as "mixed namespace") content. I do not believe the XML parsing model is unsuitable for the Web. I believe it is unsuitable for the legacy Web, and maybe for someone hand authoring their first Hello World page. However anyone who's putting MathML or SVG in a page is way beyond that point, and fully capable of handling XML's parsing model. -- ?Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu Java I/O 2nd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeaulait.org/books/javaio2/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596527500/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA/
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