- From: Keith Bowes <keith_bowes@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 09:57:00 -0700
- To: "Jonathan Blank - Mailing List Account" <jlblists@twu.net>, <www-validator@w3.org>
> Okay. Turns out it's not a bug in the validator-- it's a bug in HTML 4.0 > ;) One which was fixed in 4.01. > > There are indeed problems with the validator; they aren't > technical in nature, though. > > Problem 1: > ---------- > If you are missing a <DOCTYPE> tag, you are given a link to the > explanation at... > > http://www.htmlhelp.org/tools/validator/doctype.html > However, this explanation does not mention 4.01 at all. It mentions only > 4.0, which is why I used 4.0. I didn't know there WAS another DTD for > 4.01. > There are a lot of DTDs that the validator recogizes. For the SGML catalog of DTDs that the validator recognizes, see http://validator.w3.org/sgml-lib/catalog . > > Problem 2: > ---------- > The validator defaults to HTML 4.0, NOT HTML 4.01. > > > --Jon Blank > >
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