[Standards-JIG] how to handle IQ while invisible

[Gary Burd]

On 8/21/06, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:
> Gary Burd wrote:
> > On 8/21/06, Ian Paterson <ian.paterson at clientside.co.uk> wrote:
> >> IMHO that issue is a good enough reason for RFC 3920bis to state that
> >> there SHOULD NOT be whitespace between XML elements.
> >
> > Is whitespace between elements required for HTML-IM? Example: <img
> > src="1"> <img src=2">.
>
> You can always do this, no?
>
> <img src="1">&#160;<img src=2">

There's a difference between non-breaking space and space, so I think
you might be suggesting this

<img src="1">&#20;<img src=2">

This implies that client applications should either convert all
whitespace to character references or understand where whitespace is
significant. Yuck.