6995 – XHTML1.1 xmlns missing output provides erroneous fix

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Bug 6995 - XHTML1.1 xmlns missing output provides erroneous fix

Summary: XHTML1.1 xmlns missing output provides erroneous fix

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Validator
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	check (show other bugs)
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P2 normal
Target Milestone:	0.8.6
Assignee:	This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact:	qa-dev tracking

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Duplicates (1):	8004 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2009-06-03 22:50 UTC by Matthew Millar
Modified:	2009-10-23 12:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Attachments
html source which reproduces "Missing xmlns attribute" error (168 bytes, text/html) 2009-06-03 22:50 UTC, Matthew Millar	Details
html source which reproduces "Attribute "lang" exists" error (229 bytes, text/html) 2009-06-03 22:54 UTC, Matthew Millar	Details

Description Matthew Millar 2009-06-03 22:50:53 UTC

Created attachment 705 [details]
html source which reproduces "Missing xmlns attribute" error

Hi,

The Validator Error Output for "Missing xmlns attribute for element html" for XHTML 1.1 recommends replacing the <html> tag with <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">.

However, once this is re-validated, the new html string is reported as erroneous with the following error:

Attribute "lang" exists, but can not be used for this element

The Validator is recommending the replacement string, in a document whose DTD restricts the use of the lang attribute.

Comment 1 Matthew Millar 2009-06-03 22:54:09 UTC

Created attachment 706 [details]
html source which reproduces "Attribute "lang" exists" error

Comment 2 Matthew Millar 2009-06-03 22:55:31 UTC

Comment on attachment 706 [details]
html source which reproduces "Attribute "lang" exists" error

html source after recommended <html> ammendment.

Comment 3 Ville Skyttä 2009-06-04 15:48:56 UTC

Thanks for the catch.  Fixed in CVS by removing the *lang attributes altogether, they're unrelated in the context of this error anyway.
http://www.w3.org/mid/E1MCF80-0005lx-UR%40lionel-hutz.w3.org

Comment 4 Ville Skyttä 2009-10-23 12:45:53 UTC

*** Bug 8004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***