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Re: [VE][323] Explanatory text suggestion

From: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:57:47 -0400
To: Jørgen Elgaard Larsen <jel@elgaard.net>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <20080418025747.GA20215@w3.mag.keio.ac.jp> 

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008, Jørgen Elgaard Larsen wrote:
> I suggest an explanatory text like this:
> 
> --------
> The DTD must declare the top element of your document. For example, if 
> the top element of your document is <html>, the DTD must declare the 
> element "html", and your DOCTYPE declaration must begin with
> "<!DOCTYPE html"
> -------

Good find Jorgen, and excellent suggestions for the error message
explanations. I just added them in our CVS codebase, and the production
validator will be updated soon.

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator-cvs/2008Apr/0025.html

Thanks!
-- 
olivier
Received on Friday, 18 April 2008 02:58:17 UTC

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