17492 2012-06-14 23:04:36 +0000 html5 input image alt error 2015-08-23 07:07:23 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML Checker General unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike mike+validator mike mike www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 69055 0 mike 2012-06-14 23:04:36 +0000 tried to validate document and got error message that looks like it's internal to the validator "Sorry! This document cannot be checked." External Checker not available Checking the Document Type of this document requires the help of an external tool which was either not enabled in this validator, or is currently unavailable. Check in the validator's system configuration that HTML5 Validator is enabled and functional. The error encountered was: :11: parser error : Premature end of data in tag dl line 11 to continue. Sorry. The admin was notified.</message></non-document-error></dd> ^ :11: parser error : Premature end of data in tag elaboration line 11 to continue. Sorry. The admin was notified.</message></non-document-error></dd> ^ :11: parser error : Premature end of data in tag error line 8 to continue. Sorry. The admin was notified.</message></non-document-error></dd> ^ :11: parser error : Premature end of data in tag messages line 2 to continue. Sorry. The admin was notified.</message></non-document-error></dd> ^ To reproduce, simply try validate by direct input: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>broke</title> </head> <body> <form> <input type="image" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/add/add2blogger_sm_b.gif" /> </form> </body> </html> The missing alt on the input triggers this error, if you put an alt on that it goes through 69069 1 mike 2012-06-15 07:15:01 +0000 woops... Nice catch. The cause of this is in some code I added a few months back. Strange that nobody's reported it yet. Thanks very much for taking the time to file this bug -- I'll get it fixed as soon as I can. 69077 2 mike 2012-06-15 08:45:54 +0000 Fixed: https://bitbucket.org/validator/validator/changeset/ce2731c4e8a9