- From: Laurent Carcone <laurent@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:23:38 +0100
- To: Jeff Hunt <jeff.hunt@stagecoach.co.nz>
- Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
Hellol Jeff, On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:40:14 +1300 Jeff Hunt <jeff.hunt@stagecoach.co.nz> wrote: > > Several times I have come across attributes that validate in Amaya, but > not w3c validator. The latest is an alt inside an <a> tag. > An example is <a title="test" alt="another test"></a> > The incorrect alt tag validates in Amaya. This bug is fixed in cvs version. > > I wonder if it is possible to design Amaya to automatically know which > attributes are acceptable (and by inference what are not) in some sort > of general file, before it begins other more specific validation checks. Amaya works with an external file at parsing that indicates which elements/attributes are allowed according to the doctype. There was an error in that file for the attribute 'alt' > > This is important to me because although I realise that Amaya does a lot > more than validate, I primarily use it as an editor / validator at which > it is generally so very good. > > Cheers > Thanks for your help -- Laurent Carcone carcone@w3.org W3C/ERCIM +33 (0)4 76 61 52 67 INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 655 Avenue de l'Europe 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex - France
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