- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:45:47 -0400
- To: "Johannes Koch" <koch@w3development.de>, "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Johannes wrote: > I just saw that > <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/conform.html#valid-style-sheet> defines "Valid > style sheet". > OK. So we know for sure what valid is. But is valid the same as "parsed unambiguously"? Björn wrote: > Your question is basically whether it is possible for a resource that is > not considered conforming / valid / whatever to be "parsed into only one > data structure" and the answer is "yes" and, in consequence, stylesheets > do not have to be "valid" with respect to this requirement. > -- I think that the stylesheet can be broken in some ways and still be parsed properly as Björn suggested but it can also be so poorly written that it can't be parsed properly. Browsers will have to guess at what it means and different browsers will guess differently. So invalid CSS may, or may not, be "parsed unambiguously". This is getting back to the same problem with the meaning of "parsed unambiguously" regarding XHTML pages. My feeling is that validity is a good thing but a burden on the author that should be imposed only when there is a benefit to accessibility. Has there been any progress on clarifying what "parsed unambiguously" means to your XHTML page? Chris
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