206 2003-04-27 21:46:11 +0000 Trailing slash on <meta/> tag (for XHTML compatability) generates error when validating as HTML 4.01 Strict 2003-04-28 04:49:24 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser 0.7.0 Other other VERIFIED INVALID http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwaldo.homelinux.org%2Fw03%2Fcis257%2Ffinal%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Strict P2 normal --- 1 jake link oldest_to_newest 465 0 jake 2003-04-27 21:46:11 +0000 Because the server I'm using for school doesn't send the charset as part of the http header I have it included as a <meta/> tag. However, when placing the trailing slash in the tag for XHTML compatability the validator gives the following error: 1. Line 15, column 75: character data is not allowed here ... content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> ^ It was discovered in our HTML class that this error also occured with <area/> tags. 466 1 link 2003-04-27 23:32:37 +0000 Please see the thread starting at <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003Apr/0154.html> -- and in particular Bjoern Hoehrmann's reply at <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003Apr/0155.html> -- which deals with this. You cannot use XHTML syntax (e.g. <meta />) in HTML 4; either change the DOCTYPE to XHTML 1.0 or switch back to HTML 4 syntax. 467 2 jake 2003-04-28 00:49:24 +0000 Guess I just leanred something about how those tags are parsed. Thanks, Jake