- From: Karl Dubost <karl+w3c@la-grange.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:54:41 -0500
- To: "Simon Pieters" <simonp@opera.com>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Le 30 janv. 2009 à 07:22, Simon Pieters a écrit : > I don't think we should say that, for instance, linking to a 404 > resource is non-compliant, so even if we expand on the rules for > document conformance around URLs a validator still wouldn't be very > useful for catching URL mistakes. Indeed. Because it is one feature of the Web that a link can break, even if [Cool URIs don't change][1]. The author of the document has no control on the persistence policy of the distant domain. Plus there are tools for people who wants to check if their links are broken and for which reasons such as [LinkChecker][2]. [1]: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html [2]: http://validator.w3.org/checklink -- Karl Dubost Montréal, QC, Canada http://twitter.com/karlpro
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