- From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:28:46 +0100
- To: xml-names-editor@w3.org
> <!-- all elements here are explicitly in the HTML namespace --> > <html:html xmlns:html='http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40'> There was justification for this in the original namespace spec as it preceded XHTML, and of course there were no real examples of namespace use prior to namespaces 1.0 but its use has caused some confusion; for example whether this "namesapce" should be used in xslt stylesheets producing html. Is there any reason not to update all these examples to use XHTML and the XHTML namespace? For sound chronological raasons, HTML 4 is not XML and does not use XML namespaces, and I see no real reason why this second version of the namespace spec should suggest that it does. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
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