Re: XHTML 1.1 as text/html

Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> 
> Shane McCarron wrote:
>> Personally, I feel the validator should not raise an error if the 
>> content type differs.  For example, the OMA use a different media type
> 
> The OMA aren't the most sensible group, they're not really a good source 
> of examples of what should and should not be done.
> 
>> for what is in essence the same markup language as XHTML Basic 1.1.  
>> And that should be okay.
> 
> It's ok to use any MIME type for which XML processing is defined, such 
> as application/xml or even vendor specific MIME types.  The validator 
> should reject unknown MIME types (I think it does).  But known MIME 
> types that that have no XML processing requirements, like text/html, 
> should not be used and an error should be issued.

This approach will be impractical with html5.

- Sam Ruby