Re: Processing instructions for style tweaks? (HTML validation)

  Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 11:48:46 -0500
  From: foulser@zymurgy.boston.sgi.com (Dave Foulser)

  I agree that servers should serve valid HTML, but disagree that they
  should contain validation code. You only need to validate a piece of
  HTML once, whereas you typically serve it many more times.

I didn't say the serve should contain the validation code; nor should
it need to validate a document each time it transmits it.  What I
mean is that the server should take the responsibility for sending
validated data.  How this is implemented is irrelevant.  [E.g., a
server could employ an external validating parser when a new document
is "checked in" to its database.]

The question here is about responsibility. The way I see it, (some
popular) current servers are irresponsible and ignore the Internet
dictum of being conservative in what they transmit.

Glenn Adams

Received on Tuesday, 13 December 1994 18:05:20 UTC