21799 2013-04-23 18:03:14 +0000 SVG does not require a !DOCTYPE delcaration 2015-02-16 00:35:38 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser HEAD PC Linux NEW http://www.plam.cantech.bg P2 normal --- 1 trlkly dave.null plam www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 86590 0 trlkly 2013-04-23 18:03:14 +0000 The validator claims that, to be valid SVG, one must declare a !DOCTYPE. While such is allowed in the SVG spec, it is not only not required, but is even actively discouraged in the current spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/intro.html#NamespaceAndDTDIdentifiers I realized that the SVG parser is essentially in beta, as the warnings always state. But that's all the more reason to report a bug. The SVG tag with its namespace and version declarations should be sufficient to identify the document as SVG 1.1 for the purpose of validation.