Re: [svg11] svg out-of-context rendering

On Oct 31, 2005, at 10:10, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> Quoting Jon Ferraiolo <jonf@adobe.com>:
>> I suggest that SVG UAs *SHOULD* (MUST?) generate an error message  
>> when
>> encountering content which does not have a root 'svg' element
>> surrounding the content.
>
> And what to do for UAs who are build upon namespace dispatching?  
> (And have
> bindings for elements in a particular namespace which then results in
> rendering.)

If you use namespace dispatching the rect element goes to the SVG  
implementation. Since it is not a conforming SVG fragment it is not  
rendered. This is already specified in the existing conformance and  
implementation requirement sections, and SVG Tiny 1.2 clarifies it  
even further.

-- 
Robin Berjon
    Senior Research Scientist
    Expway, http://expway.com/

Received on Monday, 31 October 2005 10:29:43 UTC