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Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 04/27/06 01:23
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Bruce Grubb wrote:
> On validators, take their results with a grain of salt.
In HTML terms, a "validator" (properly so called) gives a definite
answer to a definite question: "is this syntax valid according to the
DTD?". That's all.
If you use one (I'd recommend it), you need to know what the answer
means, and what it doesn't mean, in terms of the practical WWW.
> They are very tempermental about line breaks and other stuff
Oh no, they carry out a defined task, and return a clearly specified
answer. If they didn't do that, they would forfeit the right to using
the term "validator". "temperament" does not come into it.
> browsers don't generally care about.
which is why you need to understand what the result means (and what it
doesn't mean).
If you're not prepared to tackle that, then you'd be wasting your time
trying to use one.
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