27921 2015-01-29 00:14:31 +0000 Full documents without root <html> validate 2015-08-23 07:07:02 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML Checker General unspecified PC All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P2 normal --- 1 hello mike+validator mike www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 117561 0 hello 2015-01-29 00:14:31 +0000 The following document passes HTML5 strict in the validator, even when the "full document" checkbox is checked for direct input mode: <!DOCTYPE html> <head> <title>Invalid</title> </head> <body> <p>Hello world</p> </body> Per my reading of <http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#writing>, this should at least throw a warning, if not fail validation entirely, due to the lack of an enclosing html element: > Documents must consist of the following parts, in the given order: > > ... > > 5. The root element, in the form of an html element. Thanks! 117730 1 mike 2015-02-06 22:17:24 +0000 The start tag and end tag for the html element can be omitted. See http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics.html#the-html-element The start tags and end tags for the body and head elements can be omitted also, so the following is also a valid full document: <!DOCTYPE html> <title>Invalid</title> <p>Hello world</p>