- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:22:47 +0100
- To: Tigger <tigger@lvlworld.com>
- Cc: "www-validator @ w3. org" <www-validator@w3.org>
On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 12:27:43AM +1000, Tigger wrote:
> I believe the validator is wrong with the following XHTML
>
> This is invalid (NOTE: may be wraped, was all one line):
> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">document.write('<a
> href="#" onclick="thumbs(); return false;">Doom 3 engine</a>');</script>
The validator is not wrong.
"In XHTML, the script and style elements are declared as having
#PCDATA content. As a result, < and & will be treated as the start
of markup"
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.8
> However, this is valid:
> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
> <!--
> document.write('<a href="#" onclick="thumbs(); return false;">Doom 3
> engine</a>');
> // -->
> </script>
Yes, you've commented it out. If your client was treating your XHTML
as XML instead of broken HTML it would be entirely ignored.
> Also, this is invalid, however I can't work out why:
> <noscript><a href="/shots.php?e=d3">Doom 3 engine</a></noscript>
<!ELEMENT NOSCRIPT - - (%block;)+
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3.1
The element can contain only block level children. <a> is inline.
--
David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
Received on Monday, 4 September 2006 14:23:06 UTC