6189 2008-10-29 19:44:26 +0000 Validator tells me <col> should appear in <colgroup> element 2009-02-02 21:28:08 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser 0.8.3 PC Windows XP RESOLVED INVALID P2 normal --- 1 ldctaylor dave.null ot www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 22278 0 ldctaylor 2008-10-29 19:44:26 +0000 Validator gives error message for XHTML strict, "document type does not allow element "col" here; assuming missing "colgroup" start-tag" Code is displayed below. <col> is permissable outside <colgroup> element so looks like a bug. <colgroup span="2" width="100"> <col align="left" /> <col align="right" /> </colgroup> <col align="center" width="auto" /> 22368 1 ot 2008-11-06 14:13:49 +0000 It is very improbable that there would be a bug here, since this part of validation comes from the machine-readable and authoritative definition of XHTML Strict. A URL, or alternatively more markup context (are you in a <table>?), would help understand the issue. 23396 2 ot 2009-02-02 21:28:08 +0000 Without any clarification in 3 months, closing this bug.