[BATIK-764] DOCTYPE tag seems to be obligatory since 1.7beta1

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.7
• Component/s: SVG Viewer
• Environment: Operating System: other; Platform: Other
• Assignee: Batik Developer's Mailing list
• Reporter: Thomas Mack
• Created: 06/Aug/07 08:21
• Updated: 26/Aug/07 20:02
• Resolved: 26/Aug/07 20:02

Description

1.6 allowed for svg files without <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC ...>, but 1.7beta1 does
not. As other programs do allow for such files, batik 1.7 should not make an
exception.

A quote from http://wiki.svg.org/Doctype says:

Some people recommend that you do not use a DOCTYPE declaration in your SVG
files since they consider them to cause more problems than they solve.

So this implies optional use of the DOCTYPE declaration.

Error message:
Root element namespace does not match that requested:
Requested: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
Found: null