Validator request
From: pdf@bizfon.com
Date: Fri, Mar 31 2000
From: pdf@bizfon.com
To: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <852568B3.004F9D2C.00@Enterprise>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:29:35 -0500
Subject: Validator request
I mentioned this a while ago, but never got any replies. I was wondering why
there is no option in the validator to select which DTD to use? Currently, you
need the Doctype line in your html code. But what if I want to see if my code
validates as something else? For example, if I want to see if my HTML 4
documents validate as XHTML I need to edit the document, upload it, validate it,
and then remove the change and upload the original again. Or, what if I want to
check someone else's work to see if it validates, but they don't have the
Doctype in their file?
My suggestion is this:
On the page where you enter the URI to validate, include a checkbox that says
"Override the Doctype defined in the file with the selection below." Then below
that would be a group of radio button options for selecting the DTD to use. Has
anyone considered implementing a feature like this?
Thanks,
Peter Foti