After participating in the RFC: CGI::Tables thread, i felt an urge to improve my DBIx::XHTML_Table module by doing more than simply changing the internals. I would like decompose it into two modules (XHTML::Table and DBIx::XHTML::Table) and deprecate the original. However, to register XHTML::Table requires creating a new rootlevel namespace on CPAN. So, i must argue why CPAN needs an XHTML rootlevel namespace. I thought that arguing here first would be a good idea.

So, what is my argument? Because i want to. :P

Not a very good argument at all. That's why i seek your help. Now, two alternatives that i can accept are 1) simply keep DBIx::XHTML_Table and decompose the 'non-DBI' stuff into HTML::XHTML_Table, which would not require a new rootlevel. 2) I could also register DBIx::XHTML::Table and register HTML::XHTML::Table as it's base class. (I really would like to get rid of the underscores in the name.)

But, i have to also ask ... does CPAN need an XHTML rootlevel namespace, or is XHTML simply a subset of HTML (or vice versa)?

What do you think? Thanks in advance for your input. :)

jeffa

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In reply to RFC: New rootlevel CPAN namespace: XHTML by jeffa

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