Re: [ANN] Beta test of the W3C Markup Validator (0.8.0 beta 1)

Hi Sierk,

On Apr 24, 2007, at 18:53 , Sierk Bornemann wrote:
> The MIME type on sierkbornemann.de is rewritten and set via a  
> mod_rewrite rule as follows:
>
> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
>     RewriteEngine on
>     RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} application/xhtml\+xml
>     RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} !application/xhtml\+xml\s*;\s*q=0
>     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.html$
>     RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} HTTP/1\.1
>     RewriteRule .* - [T=application/xhtml+xml;charset=UTF-8]
> </IfModule>

> "Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type
> The document is being served with the text/html Mime Type which is  
> not a registered media type for the XHTML 1.1 Document Type. The  
> recommended media type for this document is: application/xhtml+xml
> ...
> " ?

The rule for XHTML 1.1 is that it should always be served as  
application/xhtml+xml. The technique you are using, to serve it  
conditionally as text/html, goes against that rule.

-- 
olivier

Received on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 10:14:58 UTC