- From: Paul McGarry <paulm@opentec.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 20:23:17 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Gerald Oskoboiny wrote: > > I've been trying to determine whether unentified ampersands really > > are invalid in attributes in html 4. I've come to the conclusion > > that it isn't invalid, just heavily frowned upon. > > No, it really is invalid. I'm going in circles here, that's what I originally thought. If it really is invalid, why does the html 4.01 spec use the word 'should': http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3.2 which has a different meaning to 'must' if I understand things correctly. Thanks for replying, you guys have probably covered this over and over again. -- Paul McGarry mailto:paulm@opentec.com.au Systems Integrator http://www.opentec.com.au Opentec Pty Ltd http://www.iebusiness.com.au 6 Lyon Park Road Phone: (02) 9878 1744 North Ryde NSW 2113 Fax: (02) 9878 1755
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