Clarification on what the XML Serialization does to nodes and what guarantees it
makes.
--- a/index.html Thu Mar 27 13:14:37 2014 -0700
+++ b/index.html Thu Mar 27 13:19:55 2014 -0700
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@
<ul>
<li><a title="element" data-spec="DOM4" class="externalDFN">Elements</a> and
<a title="concept-attribute" data-spec="DOM4" class="externalDFN">attributes</a>
- will always be serialized with their namespaceURI explicitly defined (if non-null).
+ will always be serialized such that their namespaceURI is preserved. In some cases
+ this means that an existing prefix, prefix declaration attribute or default namespace
+ declaration attribute might be dropped, substituted or changed.
An <a title="concept-serialize-html">HTML serialization</a> will drop these namespaces.
<li><a title="element" data-spec="DOM4" class="externalDFN">Elements</a> not in the
<a title="html-ns">HTML namespace</a> containing no children, are serialized using