[Resolved] http for W3?

[blackbird]

Hi maybe a dumb question, but why does SVG icons in GB och GB blocks referens to W3-org with http:// and not https://?
Isn´t that going to irritate Google Chrome, so they say the site is not secure? I think I had that issue before with other links that was old and using http, but I could be mistaking.
Just curious.

[David]

Hi there,

So XMLNS is a XML Name Space – not a link ( so google wont crawl it ). It performs the function of “DocType Declaration” so the browser knows what rules to apply to it.

The HTTP:: is just part of the namespace that W3.org declares – so you will see it the majority of SVGs – not just those you find in GB.

More info here on name-spacing if you like a thoroughly ( not ) thrilling read 🙂

https://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-SVG11-20110816/intro.html#NamespaceAndDTDIdentifiers

[blackbird]

Aha! SVG is a bit new to me, so I didn´t know that.

Good answer, so I think I skip the “thrilling” read 😉

[David]

Glad to be of help – and good move on the ‘read’ 🙂

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