- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:22:24 -0400
- To: "Kevin R. Fields" <kamnet@tiusa.net>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
"Kevin R. Fields" wrote: > > Hello! Recently I was trying to validate an HTML 4.0 Strict DTD document > within a > FRAMESET, and noticed that the HTML Validator service will not validate > documents that use target as an attribute, such as <a > href="http://wherever.com" target="frame1">. This would suggest that target > as an attribute is depreciated in HTML 4.0. However, the documentation does > not state that target is a depreciated attribute, and it suggests using > target as an attribute to open a page in another frame window using both the > A tag in the BODY and the BASE tag in the HEAD. Is there any reason why > this was left out of the HTML 4.0 validation? The "target" attribute is not in the Strict HTML DTD, only the transitional DTD. It is not, however, deprecated. - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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