[Bug 1399] New: Description misrepresents what the validator does

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1399

           Summary: Description misrepresents what the validator does
           Product: Validator
           Version: 0.6.7
          Platform: All
               URL: http://validator.w3.org/
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Website
        AssignedTo: ot@w3.org
        ReportedBy: hsivonen@iki.fi
         QAContact: www-validator-cvs@w3.org


The description near the top of http://validator.w3.org/ says:
"The W3C Markup Validation Service is a free service that checks Web documents
in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other
standards."

That's incorrect, because the service is not an all-round conformance checker
but an SGML (not even XML) validator.

Suggested replacement:
"The W3C Markup Validation Service is a free service that checks Web documents
in formats like HTML and XHTML for SGML validity according to the specified DTD.
It does not check conformance criteria that is not expressed in the DTD."

Received on Friday, 13 May 2005 06:11:24 UTC