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

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#4466: Serve application/xhtml+xml if browser compliant
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 Reporter:  werwin                        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                   |       Status:  reopened 
 Priority:  normal                        |    Milestone:           
Component:  Template                      |      Version:  2.7      
 Severity:  normal                        |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  xhtml, application/xhtml+xml  |  
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Changes (by sampablokuper):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  wontfix =>

Comment:

 OK, I've created [http://www.sampablokuper.com/wp-
 content/uploads/2009/01/spk_xhtml_rdfa_1_parent.zip a bare bones parent
 theme] which gets WP 2.7 to serve XHTML+RDFa content as
 application/xhtml+xml to compliant browsers and as text/html to non-
 compliant ones. It's GPL-licensed, so a patch can be developed from it. As
 a bonus, it even takes into account the issue discussed
 [http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-
 tf/2009Jan/0129.html here].

 As for the point, mentioned above, that serving as application/xhtml+xml
 can break JavaScript, it's worth saying that JQuery at least is taking the
 application/xhtml+xml MIME type seriously:
 [http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/3896]. Since the use of JavaScript
 frameworks like JQuery, as opposed to raw JavaScript, is increasingly
 prevalent, as are debugging tools like Firebug, so too is the portability
 of JavaScript code across MIME types.

 At this point, I do think it's fair to reopen this an an enhancement
 request, in compliance with the guidelines at
 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Development_Planning].

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