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Bug 5268 - Validator gives wrong "there is no attribute" response
Summary: Validator gives wrong "there is no attribute" response
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: check (show other bugs)
Version: HEAD
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://w.datamatrix-bg.info
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Reported: 2007-11-14 10:37 UTC by Dimitar Boiadjiev
Modified: 2007-11-14 21:35 UTC (History)
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Description Dimitar Boiadjiev 2007-11-14 10:37:39 UTC 
In my page i have a section, with elements like these:
<a href="http://robotics-bg.com/" target="_blank" title="The Bulgarian portal for Robotics"><img src="banners/robotics-bg_banner1.jpg" alt="The Bulgarian portal for Robotics" class="banner88x31" /></a><br />

When i check my page with the validator i get this error:

Line 17, Column 41: there is no attribute "target" .
ref="http://robotics-bg.com/" target="_blank" title="The Bulgarian portal for
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Just to make sure, i checked the tag list in w3scools, but my code is absolutely valid.
Comment 1 Olivier Thereaux 2007-11-14 21:35:56 UTC 
The target attribute is only present in "Transitional" document types. w3schools (not affiliated with w3c by the way) is a nice resource, but not always 100% accurate. When in doubt, the w3c specifications are the reference...