How neccessary is namespace?

GraciousMe · 11-08-2012, 01:50 PM

Here and there my book has this code:

<body xml:lang="SV" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">

In a few instances I have a quote in English (the book is in Swedish), in those places Sigil inserts bamespace code.

Is that really neccessary or can I dump namespace?

Jellby · 11-10-2012, 04:32 AM

As far as I know, it is only needed in the <html> tag, but not elsewhere. From the XHTML 1.1 spec:

The start tag of the root element of the document MUST explicitly contain an xmlns declaration for the XHTML namespace. The namespace URI for XHTML is defined to be http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml.

and of course, the "root element" is the <html> tag.

GraciousMe · 11-10-2012, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

As far as I know, it is only needed in the <html> tag, but not elsewhere.

Thanks, Jellby.

Seems changing namespace because of a short quote is overkill then.

11-08-2012, 01:50 PM	#1
GraciousMe Zealot Posts: 101 Karma: 202774 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: none	How neccessary is namespace? Here and there my book has this code: <body xml:lang="SV" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"> In a few instances I have a quote in English (the book is in Swedish), in those places Sigil inserts bamespace code. Is that really neccessary or can I dump namespace?

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11-10-2012, 04:32 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,571 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	As far as I know, it is only needed in the <html> tag, but not elsewhere. From the XHTML 1.1 spec: The start tag of the root element of the document MUST explicitly contain an xmlns declaration for the XHTML namespace. The namespace URI for XHTML is defined to be http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml. and of course, the "root element" is the <html> tag.

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