Re: Element.createElement proposal

Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> What about HTML5 SVG parsing? We want a solution that works well in an 
> HTML document.
> 
> So why not use the HTML5 parsing rules to determine which namespace the 
> element gets? The HTML5 parser already has a list of which elements 
> should be SVG or MathML.

That was my initial reaction too. Unfortunately there is overlap between 
HTML names and SVG names. Specifically both languages have an <a>, 
<style> and <script> elements. And as I understand it SVG might get a 
<textarea> too.

In the parsing algorithm which one to use is determined by context. I.e. 
an <a> inside a <svg> will be a svg-a.

/ Jonas