- From: Mark Baker <mark.baker@canada.sun.com>
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 12:10:19 -0400
- To: Sean Palmer <wapdesign@wapdesign.org.uk>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
Well, hold on Shawn. I didn't suggest just sending the errors as they came out of the tool. If you recall, I said that tools can often be wrong, and suggested tracking them down by hand. Looking at them here, I'd say this validator is broken. It's apparently trying to parse the DTD as XML. Very strange. > Sean Palmer wrote: > > Dear Sir(s), > After parsing the XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD in the Brown XML parser > (http://www.stg.brown.edu/cgi-bin/xmlvalid/), the following errors are > returned:- > line 38, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (771): malformed external parameter entity; file: > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-special.ent, line 29 > line 39, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (775): unbalanced '<' and '>' characters in parameter entity > replacement text: HTMLspecial > line 39, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (461): character-entity reference in DTD not in entity or > attribute value: & > line 39, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (461): character-entity reference in DTD not in entity or > attribute value: < > line 39, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (841): extra material in entity declaration: (after quote) > line 39, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (466): apparent character data where markup is expected: > > line 316, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (584): attribute type must be enumerated (default|preserve): > xml:space > line 326, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (584): attribute type must be enumerated (default|preserve): > xml:space > line 457, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd: > error (584): attribute type must be enumerated (default|preserve): > xml:space > > I was advised by Mark Baker to send a list of these errors to this > address for review. > Kindest Regards, > Sean B. Palmer > WAP Tech Info - http://www.waptechinfo.com/
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