Amaya and validator.w3.org disagreeing

This is a test case - uploaded to http://validator.w3.org/ it passes OK, as
valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, but Amaya 8.1a says

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*** Errors/warnings in C:\steve\TestStub\test.html
  line 15, char 8: The XML element <applet> is not allowed here
  line 17, char 6: The XML element <param> is not allowed here
  line 17, char 46: Unexpected end tag </param>
  line 18, char 6: The XML element <param> is not allowed here
  line 18, char 46: Unexpected end tag </param>
  line 19, char 6: The XML element <param> is not allowed here
  line 19, char 58: Unexpected end tag </param>
  line 20, char 6: The XML element <param> is not allowed here
  line 20, char 41: Unexpected end tag </param>


test case follows between "cut here" lines

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Cut-down Test Page</title>
</head>

<body>



        <ul><li>
       <a href="http://www.sluggy.com/">
        <applet code="MNG_LC_Player.class" width="120" height="120"
            archive="mngplay.jar">
      <param name="src" value="getsome.mng" />
      <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" />
      <param name="href" value="http://www.sluggy.com/" />
      <param name="caching" value="on" />
Action... Intrigue... Babes... Monsters... Magic... Fun... Psycho-bunnies...
Come get some... www.sluggy.com [.MNG Animated (PNG) graphic plus Link in
Java 1.1 applet]
    </applet>
</a>
        <p><a href="http://www.sluggy.com/" 
title="Action... Intrigue... Babes... Monsters... Magic... Fun...
Psycho-bunnies... Come get some...">
Sluggy Freelance</a> : gamer/SF-fan weirdness with added homicidal cute
        furry animals. <a href="http://sluggy.com/d/970825.html"
        >Start here.</a></p><br />
        <span class="hide" >,</span>
        </li></ul>

</body>
</html>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Irene Vatton [mailto:irene.vatton@inrialpes.fr] 
Sent: 13 August 2003 11:16
To: Steven Gilham
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
Subject: Re: Referer header (lack of) (RE: One problem carried over, and a
new one (Amaya 8.1a))

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:21:13 +0100
Steven Gilham <steven.gilham@eu.citrix.com> wrote:

> It is a separate issue that Amaya and the validator.w3.org parser produce
> slightly different reports given the same input (e.g. Amaya notes that
> <a><applet/></a> is not valid XHTML1.0 Transitional, but validator.w3.org
> accepts it).

Amaya notes that <a><applet/></a> is not a valid XHTML1.1 document
but a valid XHTML1.0 Transitional document.
     Irene.
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