- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:38:52 +0100
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
* Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> Well, we should either deprecate it for all XML content or for no XML >> content, having xml:space a little bit deprecated in some cases is not >> a good idea. > >For most XML content it has no presentational or semantic effect, so >it doesn't much matter. I refer specifically to deprecating its use >for a presentational effect. But even just defining it in terms of >properties would be great. I am hoping someone from the CSS WG >comments on this. "A special attribute named xml:space MAY be attached to an element to signal an intention that in that element, white space should be preserved by applications"; it would seem the most natural way for a rendering software module to convey this intention is through some presentational effect... -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
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