In article <9obmhv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Garth Wallace wrote:
> "Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> Perhaps I need to clarify:
>> The document
>> http://css.nu/temp/valid-test1.html
>> is written in HTML 4.01 Strict and validates.
>>
>> Problem #1:
>> It will not display with Mozilla due to SGML Shorttag usage, although
>> it is legal and validates (only Opera displays something, although
>> not properly).
>
> Does it validate with the W3C's HTML validator, or with an
> SGML validator using the HTML 4.01 doctype? HTML doesn't
> have some SGML features--the SGML spec isn't entirely
> normative for HTML.
Heh. Referring to SGML as a "Normative Reference" for HTML 4.01 did *not*
make the SGML people happy.
There's some bugs filed on these SGML features in Bugzilla, and I think a
non-NS contributor is working on them at present.
>
> HTML has never supported the </> notation to my knowledge.
> Same with that <P/This page validates as/<P> thing (are you
> missing a > there?)
This all looks like legitimate SGML syntax using tag minimization. See
bugs 47522 and 94284 for examples of some parser changes that will make at
least some of this work.
--
Chris Hoess
