RE: [Fwd: MobileOK Validator Issues]

> impact. I am happy to leave the BP alone.

I think it's more a question of adjusting mobileOK and the conformance
test suite?

Jo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Owen [mailto:srowen@google.com]
> Sent: 12 March 2008 13:52
> To: Jo Rabin
> Cc: public-mobileok-checker@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: MobileOK Validator Issues]
> 
> OK I think we are in agreement then. I am, personally, willing to
> treat it as a known issue in the checker, which has little practical
> impact. I am happy to leave the BP alone.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:06 AM, Jo Rabin <jrabin@mtld.mobi> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Going back to Dom's earlier advice not to test declared validity, I
> think the value here is to not so much to say:
> >
> >  "You say you're a Ham Sandwich, you're not, and neither are you
valid
> XHTML Basic"
> >
> >  So much as
> >
> >  "You say you're valid XHTML, you are, but unfortunately you're not
> valid XHTML Basic."
> >
> >  Which I think is worthwhile, although it doesn't reach the
minimalist
> level recommended by Dom.
> >
> >  If we are going to make this change then I suppose that needs to be
> reflected in mobileOK Basic, and we need to firm up on the idea of
"Well
> Known" DTDs (and their locations) and make that normative, I think.
> >
> >  Either way, the conversation needs to be had on the BP List etc.
> >
> >  Jo

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