Why is here no wc3 validation error?

Hi all,
why is the code reported as valid?
IE and Opera will display nothing without the > after the link

Regards Knut

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

Re: Why is here no wc3 validation error?

"Knut Krueger" wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> why is the code reported as valid?
> IE and Opera will display nothing without the > after the link
>
> Regards Knut
>
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>
>
> > >
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Why is here no wc3 validation error?

Knut Krueger wrote:
> Hi all,
> why is the code reported as valid?
> IE and Opera will display nothing without the > after the link

I don't know. Maybe Jukka or Ben or somebody experienced in reading DTDs
can explain why it's allowed.

I pasted your code into the "Validate by Direct Input" box at
http://validator.w3.org/ and found that the code is indeed deemed to be
valid. Also valid is this simpler variant:

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

Re: Why is here no wc3 validation error?

Hello,

Knut Krueger wrote:
> why is the code reported as valid?
> IE and Opera will display nothing without the > after the link
>
> Regards Knut
>
> > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>
>
> > >
>
>
>
>
>

[1], which is valid SGML syntax, but not supported by 'tag-soup' parsers
found in browsers.
There's also a XMLish '' tag in there, which is valid in this
context, but - when parser by the SGML rules - not what you want, though
tag-soup parsers treat it the way you want it. '' equals ' >>' where the second '>' is parsed as character data. Tag-soup parsers
probably treat the '/' as a syntax error which is silently ignored.

Reporting such things is beyond the scope of a markup validator, though it
may be of great help for web authors.

HTH

[1]: If the start-tag is immediately followed by a TAGO '<' or STAGO ' you may omit the TAGC '>'.


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Re: Why is here no wc3 validation error?

In article ,
Benjamin Niemann wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Knut Krueger wrote:
> > why is the code reported as valid?
> > IE and Opera will display nothing without the > after the link
> >
> > Regards Knut
> >
> > > > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
> >
> >
> > > > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

> [1], which is valid SGML syntax, but not supported by 'tag-soup' parsers
> found in browsers.
> There's also a XMLish '' tag in there, which is valid in this
> context, but - when parser by the SGML rules - not what you want, though
> tag-soup parsers treat it the way you want it. '' equals ' > >>' where the second '>' is parsed as character data. Tag-soup parsers
> probably treat the '/' as a syntax error which is silently ignored.
>
> Reporting such things is beyond the scope of a markup validator, though it
> may be of great help for web authors.
>

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