On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:04 +0100, Ed Beroset <[email protected]> wrote:
> krugerboy1971 wrote: >> The plot thickens - i.e. this seems nuts - even with David's Doctype >> suggestion, I can't determine a cross-browser method of retrieving an >> attribute with a foreign namespace. > > Since I was intrigued by this issue, I looked into it still further and > I think that the problem is more fundamental than I had first thought. > I think the problem is your namespace declaration: > >> <body> >> <svg width="300px" height="300px" xmlns:fme="http://www.safe.com";> >> <text x="25" y="50" font-size="24">SVG Circle Element</text> >> <text x="25" y="275">Click the circle to change its size.</text> >> <circle cx="125" fme:COUNT="20" cy="150" r="50" fill="pink" >> stroke="green" stroke-width="5" onclick="doCircle(evt)" /> >> </svg> >> </body> > > Unfortunately, the HTML5 spec says "The HTML syntax does not support > namespace declarations, even in foreign elements." See the full text > with an example here: > > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#foreign-elements > > Ed The replacement in HTML5 is data-* attributes, see http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data-with-the-data-attributes -- Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
