[whatwg] [wf2] 1.9. Conformance requirements

[Anne van Kesteren]

Henri Sivonen wrote:
>> It could be solved by either adding a line how the attribute named 
>> 'id' in the null namespace when applied to an element in the XHTML 
>> namespace should be treated (as type ID)
>
> This is the way to go (except from the terminology point of view "not in 
> a namespace" is the correct way of putting it).

Ah, you pointed that out before to me, sorry about that.


>> or adding a DOCTYPE (DTD) that defines that.
> 
> Processing the DTD in an interactive UA makes no sense from the 
> performance point of view. Please, let's shun any "solutions" that 
> involve DTDs. DTDs are a problem--not a solution.

I agree with that.


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  Anne van Kesteren
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