On 2008-01-31 05:51, you wrote: > 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 xmlns:xht="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > > <summary type="xhtml"> > <xht:div> > <xht:p>This is a <xht:em>summary</xht:em> paragraph.</xht:p> > </xht:div> > </summary> > > </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.
One can easily add and remove the prefixes using any XML parser. (Which is required to work with Atom feeds anyways.) I m really left with no choice but to use both <summary> and <div>, and with no predeclared namespace. I wonder why the specification even mentions other approaches then. Regarding application/xhtml+xml in <content>.… Must I include a full document type and all? Or is it only the full <html> tree construct (from that element) that is required? I think I will stick with representing a simple text‐type and a link!! :-P -- Daniel Aleksandersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
