6597 2009-02-19 12:10:19 +0000 BUG: Target attribute is allowed in XHTML1.1 2010-03-02 18:49:53 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.8.4 PC All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal 0.8.6 1 fam.lam ville.skytta gonzo1lee ot shane www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 23827 0 fam.lam 2009-02-19 12:10:19 +0000 The validator sais that the target attribute is allowed in xhtml 1.1, but it isn't! An example code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><title></title></head> <body><div> <form action="..." target="something"> <div><input type="button" name="submit"/></div> </form></div></body></html> This document is validated as 'Valid', but it contains target... 23873 1 ot 2009-02-23 15:25:31 +0000 I think the target module, which was previously not included in XHTML 1.1, has been added again. I can't seem to find a record of that decision - Shane may - but XHTML 1.1 is a moving target (no pun intended) and that seems to be a recent change. Not a bug in the validator, at least, as far as I know. 23878 2 shane 2009-02-23 16:55:54 +0000 The target attribute has definitely NOT been added to XHTML 1.1. 23879 3 ot 2009-02-23 17:05:08 +0000 (In reply to comment #2) > The target attribute has definitely NOT been added to XHTML 1.1. Hi Shane, Any reason then why validating against http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd should pass target="whatever" attribute as OK? or indeed, the ED version's DTD. I tried with this, to make sure the validator's catalog was not the culprit <!DOCTYPE html SYSTEM "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/ED-xhtml11-20080213/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><title></title></head> <body><div> <form action="" target="something"> <div><input type="button" name="submit"/></div> </form></div> <p target="blank"><a target="blank" href="whatever">foo</a></p> </body></html> and got a single error for the <p>. target in form and a passed just fine. Any idea what's up? 23881 4 shane 2009-02-23 17:29:29 +0000 The current XHTML 1.1 Editor's Draft is always accessible via http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Drafts#xhtml11 - this currently goes to http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2009/ED-xhtml11-20090106/ - and that document does not include @target in the markup language. As to why the most recent public working draft is two years out of date? Don't get me started. Finally, I would note that the definitive DTDs at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD are up to date and do not reflect @target as part of xhtml 1.1. There *is* a Proposed Edited Recommendation version of XHTML 1.1 that is pending publication. I am not sure what is holding it up at this point. It has been ready since January. 25810 5 ville.skytta 2009-06-30 04:46:07 +0000 (In reply to comment #4) > Finally, I would note that the definitive DTDs at > http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD are up to date and do not reflect @target as part > of xhtml 1.1. The flat DTD at http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml11-flat.dtd (Last-Modified: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:31:04 GMT) does have the target attribute module embedded in it. Do I understand correctly that this is an error in the flat DTD? 25868 6 shane 2009-07-05 20:52:28 +0000 I updated the flat version of the DTD to reflect the change - the target module is NOT part of XHTML 1.1. 27209 7 ville.skytta 2009-09-15 21:42:29 +0000 (In reply to comment #6) > I updated the flat version of the DTD to reflect the change - the target module > is NOT part of XHTML 1.1. Thanks. I looked at the current http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml11-flat.dtd and found the last line in it suspicious; it reads ]><html><head><title>title</title></head><body><p>text</p></body></html> This isn't intentional, is it? 28900 8 ville.skytta 2009-10-23 16:11:18 +0000 I've replaced the validator's copy of the XHTML 1.1 flat DTD in CVS with the one currently available from http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml11-flat.dtd (sans the suspicious last line, see commment 7) and target is no longer accepted, see http://qa-dev.w3.org/wmvs/HEAD/ 32771 9 ville.skytta 2010-03-02 18:49:53 +0000 DTD updates are included in 0.8.6.