RE: About tests 37-41 (headers) *wkey

No

See last message.  The SC only requires what it says it requires.  

Gregg

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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. 
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University of Wisconsin-Madison 
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-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf
Of Chris Ridpath
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:49 PM
To: Johannes Koch; 'WCAG'
Subject: Re: About tests 37-41 (headers) *wkey


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

Received on Wednesday, 3 May 2006 19:07:27 UTC