DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: xmlns attribute in xhtml output...

[ed nixon <ed dot nixon at lynnparkplace dot org>]

Norman Walsh wrote:
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> / ed nixon <ed.nixon@lynnparkplace.org> was heard to say:
> | Looking at this problem some more this evening. It seems that I will
> | get the xmlns attribute in every (x)html element if I leave the output
> | method set to "xml"; when I change the output method the "html" the
> | xmlns attribute in tags disappears but I'm left with an HTML 4.01
> | Transitional DOCTYPE rather than what I want, which is xhtml 1.x
> | transitional. XSLTPROC overrides both the doctype-public and
> | doctype-system attributes if I set method="html".
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> Where are you setting this? If you've got a customization layer, make
> sure you're pointing at the base xhtml stylesheets if you want xhtml.
MV and I have exchanged some mail; I've logged a bug report.

> | Cross checking with Saxon 6.5 Win32 compiled, I get more or less what
> | I want as far as DOCTYPE and xmlns behaviour but it's doing very
> | strange things to the <span> elements that surround <em> elements in
> | the source.
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> What strange things?
They disappeared when I upgraded to 6.5.2

          ...edN