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Re: Possible bug in W3C HTML validator

From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:55:00 -0400 (EDT)
To: Marc Hanlon <marc@rushland.net>
cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0208162253270.1077-100000@localhost.localdomain> 

On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Marc Hanlon wrote:

> I beleive there is a bug in the W3C HTML validator: it refuses to accept
> that name is a valid attribute of form when it is defined in the HTML 4.0
> Transitional DTD.

The "name" attribute for "form" was added in HTML 4.01.  It's not in HTML
4.0.  Changing your DOCTYPE to HTML 4.01 Transitional will remove the
validation error.

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Liam Quinn
Received on Friday, 16 August 2002 22:55:02 UTC

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