- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:23:37 +0200
- To: Gabor Hojtsy <gabor@hojtsy.hu>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
* Gabor Hojtsy wrote:
>First: if I try to use such constructs in the head, such as <link ... /> then
>the validator thinks I am closing the head element, which seems quite buggy.
The validator is right, the link element is closed by "/" and the ">" is
interpreted as character data and since character data is disallowed in
<head>, the validator closes the <head> and opens the <body> element,
just like
<head>
<link ...>
</head>
<body>>
>Following on this, I have checked the HTML 4.01 spec and truly it says, that
><link> ending tags are forbidden. But anyway, the validator should not think
>that the <head> is closed...
SGML requires it to.
>Second: After my finding that <link> ending tag is forbidden, I decided to try
>a <br /> in a body of a normal document. It works, and the validator does not
>think I am closing the body tag (while <br> ending tags are also forbidden).
>http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgoba.hu%2Fvaltest2.html
<br /> is interpreted as <br></br>>, that's indeed legal practise.
Received on Saturday, 26 April 2003 12:23:48 UTC