Suggestion for improved wording when reporting unrecognised attribute from Philip TAYLOR on 2005-08-08 (www-validator@w3.org from August 2005)

From: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:33:21 +0200
To: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <42F718D1.4050801@Rhul.Ac.Uk>

Thanks, Olivier.  I took the opportunity of the announcement
to look at the earlier query relating to the diagnostic
'there is no attribute "height"', as reported below, and
although I have little sympathy with the original query
I am forced to agree that the diagnostic in its short
form /is/ a little misleading.  I wonder whether an
alternative form, such as

	'Unrecognised attribute "HEIGHT" used'

might be simpler for some users of the Validator ?

Philip TAYLOR
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What do I gotta do when receiving message “there is no attribute "HEIGHT"” in a table tag
in which there IS an attribute “HEIGHT”:

  <table  width=”480” height=”117” border=”0”  cellspacing=”0” cellpadding=”0”>
</table>

BRG

Roy Pearl
Fixya

Received on Monday, 8 August 2005 08:33:26 UTC