- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 14:48:51 -0400
- To: "Johannes Koch" <koch@w3development.de>, "'WCAG'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Johannes wrote: > X(HT)ML documents don't need to be valid to be parsable. They just have to > be wellformed. > -- Let's not forget that there are many ways to parse a document. Even an XML document that is not well formed may still be parsed using other rules (such as sentence/word). But I think the intent of the guideline is that X(HT)ML documents be at least well formed. I think that was what Gregg was referring to: > Yes, any code that does not parse properly. Take any html page and > delete > markup. You can do this in many ways that will appear normal when viewed > through a browser (because they have repair techniques built in) - but > they > do not parse properly if you don't employ repair techniques. The SC intent says that AT "can accurately interpret parsable content". Can you accurately interpret parsable content without a set of rules (DTD, schema etc.)? I think the answer is no. You must have the rules in order to properly interpret the content. This is what makes me think that the SC means you must have valid code. So does the SC 4.1.1 mean your X(HT)ML must be well formed and also validate? Cheers, Chris
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