Re: [beta] suggestions

Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org> wrote:

>* the list of DTDs available on
>http://validator.w3.org:8001/sgml-lib/catalog Is not up to date. Remove
>this link or update the list. I'm also updating the list of valid dtds
>http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

We've split the list between SGML-based DTDs and XML-based ones. I think
this needs some thought to get right. Perhaps the links to this file should
be removed pending a permanent resolution?


>* Title "HTML validation Service" move it to "W3C Markup Validation
>Service"

Fixed for all instances I could find.


>* Fatal Error: No Doctype specified!
>http://validator.w3.org:8001/check?uri=http://www.google.com/ The
>example which is given does not contain encoding information, but if you
>try to validate a document without encoding information, the validator
>will say that it's not correct.

The example shows a HTML snippet; encoding information should be in the
HTTP headers. IOW the two are not related (and I seriously don't want to
encourage the use of <meta> for no good reason).

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Received on Thursday, 24 October 2002 13:27:30 UTC