RE: [Bug 877] Changed - HTML Serialize doesn't work with namespac es

[Kelly Campbell <ca...@channelpoint.com>]

Sorry, I didn't consult the XSLT spec. Another one of those "it worked in
Xalan1" bugs :-) So we can't use any kind of HTML namespace then?

Thanks,
-Kelly

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott_Boag@lotus.com [mailto:Scott_Boag@lotus.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:16 PM
> To: xalan-dev@xml.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [Bug 877] Changed - HTML Serialize doesn't work with
> namespaces
> 
> 
> 
> >   If you use one of the html4 namespaces along with output=html, it
> doesn't output
> >   using the HTML serializer and elements like 
> <textarea></textarea> get
> rendered
> > ! as just <textarea/>. A patch is attached.
> 
> 
> I haven't looked at the patch yet, or the full bug report for 
> that matter,
> but if an element is namespace it should be output as XML, 
> not HTML, and so
> should use the form <textarea/>.
> 
> See http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-HTML-Output-Method:
> 
> "The html output method should not output an element 
> differently from the
> xml output method unless the expanded-name of the element has a null
> namespace URI; an element whose expanded-name has a non-null 
> namespace URI
> should be output as XML. If the expanded-name of the element 
> has a null
> namespace URI, but the local part of the expanded-name is not 
> recognized as
> the name of an HTML element, the element should output in the 
> same way as a
> non-empty, inline element such as span."
> 
> Am I misunderstanding?
> 
> -scott
> 
> 
> 
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> 877] Changed - HTML Serialize doesn't work with         
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> http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=877
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> *** shadow/877       Tue Mar  6 18:42:42 2001
> --- shadow/877.tmp.27919       Tue Mar  6 18:43:47 2001
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> *** 16,19 ****
>   |                              DESCRIPTION
> |
>   If you use one of the html4 namespaces along with 
> output=html, it doesn't
> output
>   using the HTML serializer and elements like 
> <textarea></textarea> get
> rendered
> ! as just <textarea/>. A patch is attached.
> --- 16,23 ----
>   |                              DESCRIPTION
> |
>   If you use one of the html4 namespaces along with 
> output=html, it doesn't
> output
>   using the HTML serializer and elements like 
> <textarea></textarea> get
> rendered
> ! as just <textarea/>. A patch is attached.
> !
> ! ------- Additional Comments From camk@channelpoint.com  
> 2001-03-06 18:43
> -------
> ! Created an attachment (id=34)
> ! Patch for SerializeToHTML
> 
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