* Daniel Aleksandersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-31 01:20]: > I am trying to understand why XHTML fragments must be contained > within two containers (the atom:summary AND the xht:div > elements).
I really disliked the mandatory wrapper when the requirement was added to the spec, but over time I’ve come around somewhat. A major point is that it makes sure the entire content is contained in a single child node of the text construct, itself in the same namespace as the actual content. That guarantee actually allows taking a bunch of small shortcuts when copying the content between documents using the DOM API. So now I don’t mind it so much anymore. It’s kinda annoying, but you get used to it. In the end it really isn’t a big deal worth getting annoyed by. There are feed formats with far more grave imperfections than this one. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
