RE: Using local Validator

'Fraid not - - just XP and IIS
and all appears to be working - just wondered how these external references
are handled / will behave when there is no external connection

Allan Smith
Webmanager
 
Support Telford Steam Railway for free when shopping online with over 400
brand-name retailers including:-
 Amazon, NEXT, M&S, John Lewis, Debenhams, HMV, The Body Shop, Vodafone,
DELL, Woolworths, PLAY.com, Interflora and Comet amongst many others...
TSR Easyfundraisning


-----Original Message-----
From: ettinger@gmail.com [mailto:ettinger@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Anthony
Ettinger
Sent: 31 October 2007 17:43
To: Allan Smith
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Subject: Re: Using local Validator

If you're on a *nix or mac system, you could just type: xmllint
validate ./path/to/file.html


On 10/31/07, Allan Smith <webmanager@telfordsteamrailway.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Using local installation of validator.
>
> Currently the setup I have is connected to the internet
> But the reason behind this configuration is to provide an installation
> On a site at a small rural business. The owner of which has agreed to have
2
> university student placements in order to develop a web presence for his
> business. Because of its location, the business does not have broadband
> access. Hence the system will not have 'external' access other than
> occasional dial-up - hence the local validator.
>
> I have briefly tested with the 'plug out' with no problems experienced
> Other than some of the external links obviously not working - this is not
an
> issue.
>
> How does the local validator cope with the external references in such
> constructs as:-
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>         "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>
> <html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>
> Are these statements just checked for their presence or does the local
> validator try to access them?
>
> Allan Smith
>
>
>
>


-- 
Anthony Ettinger
Ph: 408-656-2473
var (bonita, farley) = new Dog;
farley.barks("very loud");
bonita.barks("at strangers");

http://chovy.dyndns.org/resume/
http://utuxia.com/consulting

Received on Wednesday, 31 October 2007 19:12:36 UTC