6020 2008-09-02 18:37:19 +0000 Validator incorrectly uses strings as elements 2008-09-04 17:49:56 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check HEAD PC Linux RESOLVED INVALID P2 normal --- 1 hunteke dave.null karns.17 ot www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 21742 0 566 hunteke 2008-09-02 18:37:19 +0000 Created attachment 566 HTML 4.01 Strict compliant file Basically, the parser (0.8.3 I think) is interpreting text inside of a Javascript string as tags. This is best highlighted by the two attachments I'll add. The first attachment is HTML 4.01 Strict compliant. The second attachment is a unified diff that will break the parser. The parser will assume that strings in line 9 and 10 begin elements, but this is incorrect. 21743 1 567 hunteke 2008-09-02 18:39:24 +0000 Created attachment 567 patch against previous attachment to highlight parser bug $ patch -o html_borked.html < html_diff.diff Basically, the parser will think that lines 9 and 10 begin a '<script>' tag, and also end a '</scr>' tag. 21785 2 ot 2008-09-04 15:21:07 +0000 (In reply to comment #0) > Basically, the parser (0.8.3 I think) is interpreting text inside of a > Javascript string as tags. Which it should, per the specification. See e.g: http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#script 21787 3 hunteke 2008-09-04 15:46:19 +0000 Doh! And there's even a link to an FAQ about scripts sections in the output. Thanks. 21788 4 575 karns.17 2008-09-04 16:51:53 +0000 Created attachment 575 Example HTML 21789 5 karns.17 2008-09-04 16:57:59 +0000 Yes, however, it should not be semantically parsing HTML content in script tags. In other words, as long as the content of the script tag is valid XML, should it not be valid? For instance, in my attachment I receive two errors. The first states I have an invalid value for my 'id' attribute. And the second that the element 'li' does not belong there. 21790 6 ot 2008-09-04 17:22:20 +0000 (In reply to comment #5) > Yes, however, it should not be semantically parsing HTML content in script > tags. Like it or not, that is what the specifications for (X)HTML say. e.g. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.3.2.1 21791 7 576 karns.17 2008-09-04 17:30:13 +0000 Created attachment 576 XHTML with no ETAGO in script 21792 8 karns.17 2008-09-04 17:33:51 +0000 I've added an attachment that has html content nested inside the script tag. Per the spec at http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.3.2.1 there is no ETAGO ("</...") which terminates the script tag. Still I am getting two validation errors which are incorrect per the spec. 21793 9 ot 2008-09-04 17:49:56 +0000 (In reply to comment #8) > I've added an attachment that has html content nested inside the script tag. > Per the spec at http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.3.2.1 there > is no ETAGO ("</...") which terminates the script tag. Still I am getting two > validation errors which are incorrect per the spec. I'm afraid not. Your example has markup (inside a <script>, but the point is, it does NOT matter to an HTML parser) including an id starting with a $ sign. 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