Thanks Helder, after double checking all your suggestions, the only thing missing was: alert(relacion.item(0).name);
However, the 'name' method doesn't return the expected value, so I better to use the nodeName method. (at least in squiggle and Opera do) Best regards Abraham On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Helder Magalhães < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to group and access no-SVG info in a svg <g> group. So, I am > > using a different name space name "xxx". > > This can be generically labeled as "metadata", even when specified out > of the "metadata" element, which is part of the SVG specification. ;-) > > > > Here is the code > > > > var relacion=targetElement.getElementsByTagNameNS(xxx,"relations"); > > alert(relacion[0].name); > > There seem to exist several issues within the code snippet: > * Is your custom namespace declared in the toplevel SVG element? For > example: > > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; > xmlns:xxx="http://mydomain.com/myfolder/xxx/ns"; [...] > > > * Is "xxx", first argument of getElementsByTagNameNS, an ECMAScript > holding your custom namespace? Using the above example: > > var xxx = "http://mydomain.com/myfolder/xxx/ns";; > > > * I suggest using the item [1] interface to access specific items > within an item list. Using the array notation seems to work for most > implementations, but it doesn't seem to be the best > cross-implementation approach (AFAIK, at least some ASV versions [2] > and Renesis don't implement the array interface to the node list). > Rewrite suggestion: > > alert(relacion.item(0).name); > > > For more information I'd suggest a couple [3] [4] of appropriate links. > > Hope this helps, > > Helder Magalhães > > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html#ID-844377136 > [2] > http://blog.codedread.com/archives/2007/01/19/guide-to-deploying-svg-with-html/#nodelist > [3] http://developer.mozilla.org/En/SVG:Namespaces_Crash_Course > [4] http://wiki.svg.org/Namespace > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
