- From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:04:19 -0500 (EST)
- To: XML-Dev Mailing list <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>, www-html@w3.org
"Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com> writes:
> If so, is:
>
> This is also available <xhtml:a
> xhtml:href="http://www.w3.org/">online</xhtml:a>.
>
> equivalent to:
>
> This is also available <xhtml:a
> href="http://www.w3.org/">online</xhtml:a>.
>
> While XHTML seems to assume that attributes with no prefix fall into
> the namespace of their containing element throughout, I can't find
> this stated explicitly. (Perhaps they weren't aware that this has
> been a contentious issue?)
Yes, it would have been better if RDF and XHTML had included explicit
statements to this effect, though I have yet to see a spec that does
things the other way. It's not too late for XHTML -- try submitting a
formal comment to the WG before it goes to REC.
All the best,
David
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