Re: <z:> <z;>

John J. Chew III wrote:

> Could someone please tell me why it is that the markup validation
> service script gives a helpful message and explanation if one typos
> a semicolon into a tag: <z;>, but gives a truncated message and no
> explanation if it's a colon: <z:>?

I suspect it's for much the same reason why a truncated message is 
given when a colon is used in entity reference names. I mentioned this 
back in 2003-05-17, and was given an explanation. It might be 
informative to you.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003May/0053.html

The Markup Validation Service v0.6.5 [Beta #1] provides a more 
complete message.
http://validator.w3.org:8001/

-- 
Jock

Received on Wednesday, 24 December 2003 12:11:25 UTC