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From: John J. Chew III <jjchew@math.toronto.edu>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 01:46:21 -0500
Message-Id: <200312210646.hBL6kLR54946@coxeter.math.toronto.edu>
To: www-validator@w3.org 

Could someone please tell me why it is that the markup validation
service script gives a helpful message and explanation if one typos
a semicolon into a tag: <z;>, but gives a truncated message and no
explanation if it's a colon: <z:>?

See example at

  http://poslfit.homeip.net/test/validator-bug.html

Thanks,

John
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Received on Sunday, 21 December 2003 01:53:30 GMT

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