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Re: CSS2.1 WD: Mistakes in conformance example

From: Brant Gurganus <brantgurganus2001@cherokeescouting.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:31:57 -0500
Message-ID: <40041D7D.9030709@cherokeescouting.org>
To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Cc: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>, W3C CSS <www-style@w3.org> 

Ian Hickson wrote:

>On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Jens Meiert wrote:
>  
>
>>I noticed two mistakes in the CSS2.1 Working Draft example in
>>'Conformance: Requirements and Recommendations' [1]: One the one hand,
>>the <head /> element is missing in the example's document source, but
>>(correctly) listed in the document tree below. One the other hand,
>>shouldn't the used Doctype comply with one of the valid DTD's you should
>>normally use [2], e.g. with an HTML 4.01 Doctype?
>>    
>>
>
>The <HEAD> element is optional in HTML4, and the DOCTYPE given in the
>example is perfectly acceptable.
>  
>

Actually, I though the HEAD element was required, but its enclosing tags 
were optional.

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Brant Langer Gurganus
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~gurganbl
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