Hi Liam Quinn, > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, elfin wrote: > >> I have discovered a possible bug either in the WDG validator or the >> W3C validator, as such I am reporting the issue to both parties. >> >> (this site is not mine and the page/dtd may change at any time) >> This page: http://www.lsw-webdesign.com/ has valid 'mark-up' but the >> WDG validator is throwing up errors associated with the custom DTD >> referenced. The W3C validator however is passing the page with no >> problems. > > The page now uses XHTML 1.0 Strict and validates fine with both > validators. yes I saw that *sigh* I should have downloaded a copy to show you the results. > I would guess that what happened previously was that the page used a > custom XML DTD, which can lead to validation errors if the validator > assumes that the DTD is SGML rather than XML. Likely the two > validators have different heuristics for deciding which of SGML or > XML to assume. :-) I'll take your word on that! Creating DTD's are not something O want to get involved in, for as long as I can avoid it I will! > For validating a custom XML DTD with the WDG HTML Validator, see > <http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/tips.html#customxml>. The thing is, I think the DTD was incorrectly implemented, but we no longer have proof. If I can I'll get a copy of the original page and DTD, but it is unlikely. Maybe should should create a simple DTD checker? anyway thanks for the quick responce, and apologies for not having copies to try and sort out the problem. elfinReceived on Tuesday, 27 July 2004 05:14:49 GMT
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