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Bug 2622 - Validator does not recognise a fault in meta tags
Summary: Validator does not recognise a fault in meta tags
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: check (show other bugs)
Version: 0.7.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Terje Bless
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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Reported: 2005-12-27 13:38 UTC by Peter Fischer
Modified: 2007-03-29 18:50 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Fischer 2005-12-27 13:38:30 UTC 
I have found that the W3C Markup Validator version 0.7.1 does not recognise a
meta tag error.

I conducted a test by inserting a meta tag into the header section:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Ladnguage" content="de">

The uploaded HTML document was validated despite it containing an obvious fault.

I am fully aware that this cannot be considered to be a fault related to HTML
validation itself. But it would be nice if W3C Markup Validator checks more
thoroughly - including meta data and valid language/country codes.