Re: Numeric character references.

• From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
• Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 02:50:19 +0100 (BST)
• To: maherb@brimworks.com
• cc: www-validator@w3.org
• Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0208200245570.2818-100000@jarl.webthing.com>

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 maherb@brimworks.com wrote:

> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/charset.html#h-5.3.1
> 
> describes numeric character references which are perfectly legal,

Indeed, valid numeric character references are legal

>  * Line 106, column 5:
> 
>     &#151;foo bar<br>

- but undefined character references aren't.

I suggest you google for Alan Flavell's material on the subject.
I have found to offer a clear explanation.

-- 
Nick Kew

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Received on Monday, 19 August 2002 21:50:22 UTC