Re: Beta: outline feature broken

The source is important for server configuration issues, charset, MIME type
etc. when
you are not positively sure what the validator is impugning.  "Automatic
Detection" is a
curse best left to the ignorant.

Gannon J. Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net>
To: "Olivier Thereaux" <ot@w3.org>
Cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: Beta: outline feature broken


>
> * Olivier Thereaux wrote:
> >On Sun, Oct 27, 2002, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> >
> >>    http://validator.w3.org:8001/check?uri=http://www.w3.org;outline=1
is
> >> said to give an outline of the document but it does not.
> >
> >This was one of the big pre-beta questions among developers.
> >Some said it was better if the requested feature (outline, source, etc)
> >was there regardless of the result, others thought it was better to
> >leave "details" out if the document is valid.
> >
> >This is an open question, opinions are welcome.
>
> It does not make sense to me to hide source/outline/
> parse tree if the user explictly requests them.
>
>

Received on Monday, 28 October 2002 08:01:36 UTC