Re: Validation error from base 64 encoded data in an object element.

Michael[tm] Smith wrote:

> The validator's correct. The values of the "data" attributes of your
> <object> elements contain literal newlines. Valid URLs aren't allowed to
> contain literal newlines. So to make them valid URLs you need make each
> of your "data" attribute values a single line, without the line breaks.

The value of the data attributes in the example under discussion is a
data URI encoded in base64.  According to Wikipedia [1],

 "data URIs encoded with base64 may contain whitespace for readability."

Is Wikipedia therefore incorrect in its assertion ?

Philip Taylor
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme

Received on Friday, 29 November 2013 09:54:40 UTC