The Meaning Behind XMLNS
Ever wonder what xmlns such as the one used often in XHTML doctype (see below) means?
1 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> |
xmlns is short for XML namespace and this specifies a unique url to represent the namespace for any custom tags used in the document. The one in the example is the standard namespace.
Good to note that IE 7 and below have no support for xmlns, big surprise? Not really.
About the Author: Joshua McGinnis
Joshua is a web designer and developer for Intuit, Inc. His other interests include guitar, photography, mycology, amateur chemistry, WWII movies and his beautiful wife Catherine.
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