- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:12:16 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Anthony DeLorenzo <ajdelore@sfu.ca>
- cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Anthony DeLorenzo wrote: > Have you considered creating some kind of functionality for running the > validation service as an XML-RPC function? Site Valet has had that option for some time. > This would be ideal for people, like me, who would like to validate > their site using a perl script or the like. Instead of trying to parse > the HTML output, an XML solution would be so much tidier and efficient. OTOH that's not really what it's intended for. If you'd like to use it like that on a regular basis, I think I should look for some token contribution towards the cost of it! > Of course, I suppose I could just run an HTML validator on my server, Yes, I think that would be your best option if you use it a lot. Either of Liam's options ( at www.htmlhelp.org or arealvalidator.com ) may be easier to install then the W3 validator. Alternatively I can offer a professional installation, and mine is the only service that currently offers your XML option. > but > AFAIK the w3 is the best for all doctypes. That's only half-true. It does have an extensive HTML catalogue, but that's only really relevant to users of obscure and nonstandard document types. But AFAIK it doesn't even try to support non-W3 documents such as WML and the other WapForum standards (except as XML defaults). But any (Open)SP-based validator will in any case support unknown document types by fetching their DTDs. -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the mark of Quality on the Web. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>
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