On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> It would mean that leaving the attribute out violates a conformance > >> requirement, making the document non-conformant. > > > > ...the advantage of which being...? > > > > I don't understand the point in making this code: > > > > // this element will be used later > > var meta = document.createElement('meta'); > > > > ...non-conformant. > > Elements cannot be validated until they are inserted in the document, > because the type depends on the position in the document. I'd say it is > non-conformant to add a meta element without attributes to a document.
I don't see why you can't validate an orphan fragment. Clearly the spec needs to be clarified a bit, but it doesn't seem impossible. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'