[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4466: Serve application/xhtml+xml if browser compliant

[WordPress Trac]

#4466: Serve application/xhtml+xml if browser compliant
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 Reporter:  werwin                        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                   |       Status:  closed   
 Priority:  normal                        |    Milestone:           
Component:  Optimization                  |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal                        |   Resolution:  wontfix  
 Keywords:  xhtml, application/xhtml+xml  |  
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Changes (by Otto42):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * version:  2.7 =>
  * resolution:  => wontfix
  * milestone:  2.7.1 =>

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:12 sampablokuper]:
 > >This is not a bug, its how WordPress operates, Theres the ability for
 people to change it via a theme/plugin if required, ... i'd be surprised
 if the output of all WP functions would pass validation when served with
 application/xhtml+xml which would cause even more problems.
 >
 > If this is how WP operates, then WP needs enhancement, as this ticket
 indicates. With the growing need to incorporate elements of MathML, SVG,
 RDFa, etc, in web pages, it's increasingly important that CMS systems are
 capable of XHTML Strict compliance. Drupal's
 [http://groups.drupal.org/node/16597 on the case]. Other platforms are
 getting their acts together too. The ability to serve
 application/xhtml+xml is rapidly becoming mandatory for any web platform
 worth its salt.
 >

 There's really very little point in making the system capable of
 application/xhtml+xml when the most commonly used browser isn't even
 capable of rendering it yet.

 If/when xhtml+xml gets support by IE, then it might be worth looking into.
 As it stands now, I'd say that it's not. Although if you want to
 contribute some patches for any problem areas, then I'm sure they'd get
 integrated into the core code.

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