[Bug 3413] If <META http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript"> is set, then <SCRIPT src="foo.js"></SCRIPT> should be accepted without the "type" attribut.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3413

           Summary: If <META http-equiv="Content-Script-Type"
                    content="text/javascript"> is set, then <SCRIPT
                    src="foo.js"></SCRIPT> should be accepted without the
                    "type" attribut.
           Product: Validator
           Version: HEAD
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://www.uqtr.ca/~fortierc/meta-and-script-test.html
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: check
        AssignedTo: link@pobox.com
        ReportedBy: claude.fortier@gmail.com
         QAContact: www-validator-cvs@w3.org


In a web page where the element
<META http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
is present, the validator gives an error when the element 
<SCRIPT>
is used without the attribut "type=".
(see
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uqtr.ca%2F~fortierc%2Fmeta-and-script-test.html)

When a I read the HTML 4.01 Specification at section 18.2.1 "The SCRIPT
element" (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html#edef-SCRIPT), it
seem to me that if the META tag is there, there is no need to put the "type="
attribut in the tag SCRIPT.

But the validator mark it as "This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Strict!".

Am I wrong? Or it's a bug?

Received on Wednesday, 28 June 2006 17:34:14 UTC