[] (0) XPath 1.0 legacy compatibility.

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whatwg · Sep 7, 2009 · 0c015d5 · 0c015d5
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@@ -9406,6 +9406,14 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
    <li>The element has local name <var title="">local</var>.</li>
    <li>The element is in the <a href=#html-namespace-0>HTML namespace</a>.</li>
    <li>The element's document is an <a href=#html-documents title="HTML documents">HTML document</a>.</li>
+  </ul><p>Irrespective of the requirements defined in XPath 1.0, a name
+  expression must not evaluate to matching a node when the following
+  conditions are all met:</p>
+
+  <ul class=brief><li>The name expression has no namespace.</li>
+   <li>The expression is being tested against an element node.</li>
+   <li>The element is in no namespace.</li>
+   <li>The element's document is an <a href=#html-documents title="HTML documents">HTML document</a>.</li>
   </ul><p class=note>These requirements are a <a href=#willful-violation>willful
   violation</a> of the XPath 1.0 specification, motivated by desire
   to have implementations be compatible with legacy content while

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@@ -9781,6 +9781,17 @@ http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?%3C%21DOCTYPE%20HTML%3E%0
    <li>The element's document is an <span title="HTML documents">HTML document</span>.</li>
   </ul>
 
+  <p>Irrespective of the requirements defined in XPath 1.0, a name
+  expression must not evaluate to matching a node when the following
+  conditions are all met:</p>
+
+  <ul class="brief">
+   <li>The name expression has no namespace.</li>
+   <li>The expression is being tested against an element node.</li>
+   <li>The element is in no namespace.</li>
+   <li>The element's document is an <span title="HTML documents">HTML document</span>.</li>
+  </ul>
+
   <p class="note">These requirements are a <span>willful
   violation</span> of the XPath 1.0 specification, motivated by desire
   to have implementations be compatible with legacy content while