- From: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhbnc.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:34:54 +0000
- To: Ivana Belgers-van Overmeeren <ivana.belgers@surfnet.nl>
- CC: Terje Bless <link@tss.no>, W3C Validator <www-validator@w3.org>
Try ...&search=... Philip Taylor Webmaster, RHBNC ------- Ivana Belgers-van Overmeeren wrote: > [...] > > Of course, why didn't I think of that. It worked and I almost got my > xhtml > validated correctly. I only have one problem left, and I don't know what > to > do about it. If I check the page with the validator it gives this > answer: > > ================================ > Line 98, column 162: > > ... > ://horowitz.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=Egon.Verharen > ... > ^ > > Error: general entity "search" not defined and no default entity > > Line 98, column 168: > > ... > owitz.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=Egon.Verharen@surfn > ... > ^ > > Error: reference not terminated by refc delimiter > ================================ > > Which is referring to: > > <a > href="http://horowitz.surfnet.nl:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=Egon.Verharen@surfnet.nl"> > > The & seems to me as a valid part of the URL, RFC 1738 says: > 'The characters ";", "/", "?", ":", "@", "=" and "&" are the characters > which may be reserved for special meaning within a scheme.' > > Should the validator not ignore anything that is between href="..." ? > > Cheers, > Ivana Belgers > SURFnet bv -- Philip TAYLOR Webmaster, Information Services Royal Holloway & Bedford New College Tel: +44 (0)1784 443172 (Office/answer'phone) Tel: +44 (0)7970 443172 (Orange/answer'phone) Fax: +44 (0)1784 434348 Mailto:P.Taylor@Rhbnc.Ac.Uk
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