Bug 261 – Allow xmlns='...' anywhere in HTML. (bug: 5801) (blame: hs)

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Bug 261 - Allow xmlns='...' anywhere in HTML. (bug: 5801) (blame: hs)


Summary:	Allow xmlns='...' anywhere in HTML. (bug: 5801) (blame: hs)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Henri Sivonen

URL:	http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps/source?...

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Reported:	2008-07-22 15:34 CEST by Henri Sivonen
Modified:	2008-07-22 17:44 CEST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Henri Sivonen 2008-07-22 15:34:45 CEST

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--- source	(revision 1833)
+++ source	(revision 1834)
@@ -5519,11 +5519,9 @@
   <code title="">data-msgid</code>) can be specified on any <span>HTML
   element</span>, to store custom data specific to the page.</p>
 
-  <p>In <span>HTML documents</span>, the <code>html</code> element,
-  and any other elements in the <span>HTML namespace</span> whose
-  parent element is not in the <span>HTML namespace</span>, may have
-  an <code title="">xmlns</code> attribute specified, if, and only if,
-  it has the exact value
+  <p>In <span>HTML documents</span>, elements in the <span>HTML
+  namespace</span> may have an <code title="">xmlns</code> attribute
+  specified, if, and only if, it has the exact value
   "<code>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code>". This does not apply to
   <span>XML documents</span>.</p>