RE: target is invalid attribute for a

That would be a nice feature to add and it sounds very reasonable to me. I might even have use of it myself upon occasion, especially for HTML5 fragments.


Regards,

Phaewryn (J.D.) O’Guin



From: Philip Taylor (RHUoL) [mailto:P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 8:04 AM - 8:04 AM
To: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
Cc: Ed Brandon <ebrandon@cpha.ca>; www-validator@w3.org
Subject: Re: target is invalid attribute for a


David Dorward wrote:
There is no correct doctype for code snippets. The validity of any bit of HTML depends on what its ancestor elements are.

Nonetheless, the validator does allow one to validate a code fragment against a (very small) number of DOCTYPEs :


( ) Validate HTML fragment

Use Doctype:

(X)HTML 4.01 ( )XHTML 1.0


I think that what Ed is requesting is that the validator be extended in this area to allow additional DOCTYPEs such as HTML 4.01 Transitional (the "HTML 4.01" offered by the validator is actually HTML 4.01 Strict) and HTML 5.

Philip Taylor