Statement from HTML WG

[Rick Jelliffe]

 From steven Thu Sep 16 15:02:06 1999

>Using Namespaces
>
>The only place where the distinction between using one namespace and
>using three is important is when including fragments of xhtml in
>another document.

A document processor can tell if a name has been used which it doesnt
understand
when it comes to that offending element. Otherwise we get the ludicrous
position
that a strict HTML processor will reject
              <notes>
                <p xmlns='http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transition'>
                    This is also available
                     <a href="http://www.w3.org/">online</a>.
                </p>
              </notes>
while accepting
              <notes>
                <p xmlns='http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict'>
                    This is also available
                    <a href="http://www.w3.org/">online</a>.
                </p>
              </notes>


Rick Jelliffe






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