The XHTML 1.0 strict DTD defines id as an attribute on the html node (I haven't looked at transitional or 1.1 strict)
<!ELEMENT html (head, body)> <!ATTLIST html %i18n; id ID #IMPLIED xmlns %URI; #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' > On May 5, 1:15 pm, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Su wrote: > > > On 5/3/07, Glen Lipka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can jQuery access the <HTML> node and add a class to it? > >> Is this invalid XHTML? > > > Class is invalid on the HTML element, but you /can/ assign an ID. > > Given that there should never be more than one HTML element in a doc, > > this is less a restriction than just proper behavior, if you really > > think about it. > > Unfortunately it seems that id is invalid as > well:http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.3 > > -- Klaus
