On 13/12/2010 09:25, David Carlisle wrote:
> On 13/12/2010 03:15, Henri Sivonen wrote:
>> The script element in thehttp://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml namespace has
>> already been implemented. How would a new processing instruction be
>> better?
>
> XML is designed (mostly) not to use fixed element names. If you are
> styling xhtml, xhtml:script is OK, but if you are styling docbook, or
> some personal xml vocabulary or anything else other than xhtml, then
> adding a processing instruction will maintain the validity of your
> source, but adding an xhtml:script will not.
>
Perhaps something in the HTTP header would be even better than a
processing instruction, as it would avoid disturbing the XML content
entirely.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
