Re: XHTML strict.dtd

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Tim Bagot wrote:

> It's hard to tell why you might be getting that error without a concrete
> example - i.e. where "here" is.

Yes, it needs context.  My guess would be that the <a ...> is in loose
body text (i.e. not within any block-level container).  That's illegal
in strict HTML, and the error message is right for that, too.

> (target="_blank" is also slightly bad for accessiblity reasons, but that's
> off-topic here.)

No, it's perfectly on-topic.  There's no target attribute in Strict.

-- 
Nick Kew

Received on Saturday, 7 April 2001 03:57:31 UTC