- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:07:00 -0000
- To: www-validator@w3.org
"Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote in message news:3de31552.240272804@smtp.bjoern.hoehrmann.de... > > >The XML Declaration is problematic in that current browsers (FSVO > >"current") tend to do undesireable things when faced with one; and XHTML > >1.0 also reccomends against including one in "Appendix C" documents. > > No, see Bertilo's mail. The only noteworthy undesireable thing connected > to the XML declaration is that Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows > 6.0 switches back to bugwards-compatible processing of XHTML documents > if they contain a XML declaration. Microsoft PocketIE displays the PI to all us poor users of the product, that is a much more undesirable thing than box model changes. > Please try counting the number of W3C > documents that already use an XML declaration. Yes, most of them aren't Appendix C either for other more serious reasons, even if they do validate (which to be honest most of w3.org doesn't). If people wish to deliver XHTML, they can use application/xhtml+xml when the PI problem disappears. I think the validator should do everything it can to discourage garbage appearing on peoples screens. Jim.
Received on Friday, 25 October 2002 07:09:13 UTC