Lachlan Hunt wrote:
The XHTML serialisation exists to make use of XML-only features, like
xmlns syntax. People wishing to use such features *must* use XML. There
has been no reason whatsoever given for wanting to try and use
unsupported XML-only syntax in HTML, most likely because there is no
valid reason for it.
Ignoring the _syntax_ for a moment, there have been reasons given for
wanting to use XML _features_ in HTML5 - the desire to embed MathML or
SVG in a HTML document, for example. You suggest punting these use cases
to XHTML5, without addressing the fundamental problem that the XML
parsing model is unsuitable for the web, so denying authors the
possibility of rich (what XML would regard as "mixed namespace") content.
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- Re: [whatwg] markup as authored in practice James Graham
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