- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 11:34:27 +0100
- To: Kerr Edward <Edward.Kerr@cambridgeshire.gov.uk>
- Cc: "'www-validator@w3.org'" <www-validator@w3.org>
On 24 May 2004, at 09:21, Kerr Edward wrote:
>
> Line 100, column 12: invalid comment declaration: found name start
> character
> outside comment but inside comment declaration
>
> <!-- ------ Main data table starts here ------ -->
>
> I was understand that one could put any characters in a comment. I
> suspect
> that you are right though, (!!) but does it warrant failing the test?
White space is not permitted between the markup declaration open
delimiter("<!") and the comment open delimiter ("--"), but is
permitted
between the comment close delimiter ("--") and the markup declaration
close delimiter (">"). A common error is to include a string of
hyphens
("---") within a comment. Authors should avoid putting two or more
adjacent hyphens inside comments.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.4
--
David Dorward
<http://dorward.me.uk/>
<http://blog.dorward.me.uk/>
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