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Bug 892 - Validator seen as compliant, reference implementation
Summary: Validator seen as compliant, reference implementation
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: CSSValidator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: main pages/translations (show other bugs)
Version: CSS Validator
Hardware: All All
: P1 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Olivier Thereaux
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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Reported: 2004-09-27 10:44 UTC by Christian Roth
Modified: 2007-07-17 06:25 UTC (History)
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Description Christian Roth 2004-09-27 10:44:06 UTC
The entry page of the CSS Validator does not give any prominent notice that the service provided 
has bugs and problems and must not be used as a definitive reference for how a fully compliant(!) 
CSS parser will handle a given stylesheet.

Due to the "definitive reference" character of publications of the W3C as the originating source of 
the CSS2 specification for most people, including CSS authors and especially implementers, I 
consider it quite dangerous to create the impression that the service provided can be used as a 
reference for one own's endeavours.

I hereby strongly suggest to add a prominent link to the "Known Issues" list of the validator at the 
main entry page (and not bury it at the page's bottom in a small link without descriptive label) and 
add a warning notice that the validator may contain bugs and may not behave exactly as the 
specification requests.
Comment 1 Etan Wexler 2004-10-03 20:17:18 UTC
Make the warning short, blunt, and clear:

This validator has many bugs. Not for production use.

Style it to make it prominent.
Comment 2 Olivier Thereaux 2007-07-17 06:25:44 UTC
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/about.html#reference is enough, IMHO.
No need to load the homepage with this.