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Re: br within form passes XHTML 1.0 transitional validation but fails HTML 4.01 transitional

From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:33:58 +0000
To: "Hayles, S." <sh23@leicester.ac.uk>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <20051206143358.GA18336@us-lot.org> 

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:57:36AM -0000, Hayles, S. wrote:
 
> If I read the documentation correctly <br> (or <br /> as appropriate)

Which documentation? References are always helpful.

> cannot be directly contained within a form element, but XHTML 1.0
> transitional validation seems to think it's OK. 

It is allowed under the specification (for Transitional DTDs).

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David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk
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