[JDEV] XHTML basic is too much

[Julian Missig]

Robert Temple wrote:
> 
> I want to support rich text in my client.  Specifically I want to support bold, italic, size, color and faces of fonts.  Nothing more.  This is similar to what AIM, Yahoo Messenger and other products provide.
> 
> The XHTML basic spec is way more advanced then what I need.  I'm not going to support tables and lists and h1, h2, h3, etc.
> 
> Should I only support a subset of XHTML basic, or should I create some other namespace, like XHTML-bare-bones?
> 
> -Robert

XHTML-Basic is as basic as it gets, unfortunately.

"Basic XHTML tables ([XHTMLMOD], section 4.6.1) are supported, but
tables can be difficult to display on small devices. Content developers
are recommended to follow the accessability guidelines for tables
([WAI-WEBCONTENT], Guideline 5). Note that in Basic Tables Module,
nesting of tables is prohibited."

In other words, take a look at the guidelines, and I'll bet you don't
have to really support tables and a lot of the more complex things.

I haven't spent a lot of time reading all of the XHTML-Basic spec, as
it's not a Recommendation yet. However, it was *my* suggestion that we
should probably use that instead of our own subset of normal XHTML1, so
I guess I should take some time tonight and look over this stuff. :)

Julian
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