- From: Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 04:08:44 -0400
- To: Ian Graham <ian.graham@utoronto.ca>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:09:00AM -0400, Ian Graham wrote: > 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). That's fixed now, thanks for the clear bug report. -- Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org> +1 613 261 6630 System Administrator http://www.w3.org/People/Gerald/ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) http://www.w3.org/
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