- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:43:22 +0900
- To: "Frank Ellermann" <hmdmhdfmhdjmzdtjmzdtzktdkztdjz@gmail.com>
- Cc: W3C Validator Community <www-validator@w3.org>, mark.birbeck@webBackplane.com, Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
On 5-May-08, at 9:18 PM, Frank Ellermann wrote: > Hard to tell, because I don't get the idea, is that about > mixing namespaces not covered in any DOCTYPE ? Editors > using XHTML would normally also use a DOCTYPE. Generally true, although I've seen my share of doctypeless xhtml, well formed and all. Worse(?) perhaps is the current observed trend of sites using an XHTML 1.0 doctype, but adding features from ARIA, RDFa or other interesting modules. We all know how DTDs are not very compatible with ideas of extensibility, but it seems a pity that there is not, at this point, any way to either: - declare a doctype that allows one to mix those features or - not declare any doctype at all, but have the xmlns place the document in the xhtml namespace. As far as checking tools are concerned: I would like a way for a tool to say “your document (may not be strictly conforming foo but it) is properly using mixed features from the XHTML family.” -- olivier Thereaux - W3C W3C Open Source Software:
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