createElementNS() : Throw InvalidCharacterError instead of NamespaceError on validating a qualified name

DOM

createElementNS() should now throw only InvalidCharacterError, not NamespaceError. Validating a qualified name should only throw InvalidCharacterError, not NamespaceError, after: https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/319 https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/issues/5161 https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/423 Latest spec: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#validate

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>DOM

Behind a flag (launch bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 60
Chrome for Android release 60
Opera release 47
Opera for Android release 47

Consensus & Standardization

Firefox: No public signals
Edge: No public signals
Safari: No public signals
Web Developers: No signals

Owner

shanmuga.m@samsung.com

Last updated on 2017-06-14