5196 2007-10-15 02:05:25 +0000 validator is trying to parse javascript strings for xhtml tags 2007-10-15 04:41:49 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser 0.8.2 All All RESOLVED INVALID http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input P2 normal --- 1 msleemail dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 17204 0 msleemail 2007-10-15 02:05:25 +0000 It appears that the parser is trying to parse possible elements within JavaScript code. I believe the following xhtml is incorrectly marked as invalid: ---------snip----------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head> <title>Break Validator</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head><body><script type='text/javascript'> var a = '<br/>'; </script></body></html> ---------snip----------- The JavaScript variable assignment statement contains a string that coincidentally resembles an xhtml element. The validator is parsing the text as if it contains an element in the document and then marking the element as not allowed in the current context. 17205 1 ot 2007-10-15 04:41:49 +0000 Hi Michael, This is a FAQ. See: http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#faq-javascript