Re: "target=" in Strict DTD

From: Brian Gilkison (gilkison@one.net)
Date: Wed, May 30 2001

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    Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 10:45:11 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Brian Gilkison <gilkison@one.net>
    To: W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
    Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105301042540.16425-100000@shell.one.net>
    Subject: Re: "target=" in Strict DTD
    
    On Wed, 30 May 2001, Glyn Williams wrote:
    > Problem is, the HTML validator tells me that "target=" is not allowed with
    > strict DTD, only with frameset. Just changing the doctype statement on its
    > own will not work, as it then complains that I should have a "frameset"
    > instead of a "body". Since I do not really wish to rewrite all my html in
    > frames form do you have any suggestions for a way round this, that would
    > still validate correctly?
    
    Use the Transitional DTD instead... Your strict DTD documents will still
    validate if their DTD is changed to Transitional, and you gain the
    ability to use the 'target' attribute...
    
    Brian