Re: Status of the wrapper

[Eric Scheid]

On 31/1/08 10:54 AM, "Daniel Aleksandersen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> <summary type="xhtml">
>>   <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
>>     <p>
>>       This is a <em>summary</em> paragraph.
>>     </p>
>>   </div>
>> </summary>
> 
> Are there any downsides to defining the namespace in the atom:feed element
> instead of repeating it troughout the document?

the downside is that you have to repeat the xht:ns prefix on all the child
elements:

<feed Š xmlns:xht="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
   Š
    <summary type="xhtml">
      <xht:div>    
        <xht:p>This is a <xht:em>summary</xht:em> paragraph.</xht:p>
      </xht:div>   
    </summary>
  Š
</feed>

Any content not much more complicated than that very simple example and it
would actually be more bytes than repeating the declaration inside each
summary.

That, plus the hassle of you adding the prefix, and the receiver removing
the prefix .. much simpler all round to repeat the ns declaration on the
<div /> wrapper each time.

e.