Test case for XML-mode of HTML validator.

I''ve noticed the following behavior (i.e., a bug) in the
validator -- I also apologize if this has been discussed before,
but I could find no mention of this particular diagnosis in the
list archives.

The bug/behavior is as follows:
   
  * XHTML files seem to validate (mostly) when they have a 
    *.html filename extension and are served out as text/html.

  * Exactly the same XHTML files do not validate when they have a
    *.xml filename extension and are served out as text/xml.

I have a testcase that illustrate this -- two identical files, served
out as text/xml or text/html:

http://www.java.utoronto.ca/~igraham/Tests/minimal.xml
http://www.java.utoronto.ca/~igraham/Tests/minimal.html

The second validates, and the first does not. This might make a good test
case for an 'XML-mode' validation (if such a thing exists in the validator
tool). 

Ian
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Received on Tuesday, 20 June 2000 13:22:20 UTC