- From: olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:09:30 +0900
- To: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Hi Philip, On 15 Jul 2005, at 00:13, Philip TAYLOR wrote: > ... > Now what the Validator /claims/ to be about to do, > and what it actually does, are not necessarily > the same, so could I ask -- if you amend the wording > to your proposed form -- will the Validator in fact > > "continue in SGML mode and > with a fallback DOCTYPE similar to HTML > 4.01 Transitional" > > or just > > "continue in SGML mode" > > I'm sure you appreciate the significance of the question! Indeed. My proposed wording is in sync with what the validator actually does. In other words, there is no doctype change or fallback in this case (or the parser would not have, for instance, complained about the undeclared entities). Hope this clarification suits you. -- olivier
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