VML Graphics in a "w3c Standards" Page
VML Graphics
This page was supposed to show how to use VML in a standards based page. This is impossible, since the <html> tag is altered in a non-standards manner.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:st2="urn:schemas:contacts"
xmlns1="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
In the above <!doctype..> and <html> tag, using VML adds
xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:st2="urn:schemas:contacts"
xmlns1="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
to the <html> tag, which is not standard. VML and standards based HTML cannot coexist.