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- data/CHANGELOG.rdoc +10 -0
- data/Manifest.txt +88 -0
- data/Rakefile +7 -11
- data/lib/markup_validity.rb +1 -1
- data/lib/markup_validity/MarkUp.html +1095 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/SCHEMA.html +90 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/assertions.rb +8 -1
- data/lib/markup_validity/examples.html +25 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/rspec.rb +19 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/templates.html +15 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/validator.rb +27 -1
- data/lib/markup_validity/xframes-1.xsd +166 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-access-1.xsd +43 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-applet-1.xsd +66 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-attribs-1.xsd +67 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-base-1.xsd +31 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic-form-1.xsd +195 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic-table-1.xsd +169 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic10-model-1.xsd +385 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic10-module-redefines-1.xsd +61 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic10-modules-1.xsd +233 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic10.xsd +99 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic11-model-1.xsd +622 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic11-modules-1.xsd +508 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-basic11.xsd +105 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-bdo-1.xsd +72 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-blkphras-1.xsd +155 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-blkpres-1.xsd +32 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-blkstruct-1.xsd +44 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-charent-1.xsd +38 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-copyright-1.xsd +29 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-csismap-1.xsd +91 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-datatypes-1.xsd +177 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-edit-1.xsd +34 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-events-1.xsd +130 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-form-1.xsd +321 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-frames-1.xsd +113 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-framework-1.xsd +62 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-hypertext-1.xsd +47 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-iframe-1.xsd +68 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-image-1.xsd +40 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-inlphras-1.xsd +158 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-inlpres-1.xsd +34 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-inlstruct-1.xsd +45 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-inlstyle-1.xsd +22 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-inputmode-1.xsd +35 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-lat1.ent +196 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-legacy-1.xsd +97 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-link-1.xsd +45 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-list-1.xsd +94 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-meta-1.xsd +54 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-metaAttributes-1.xsd +39 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-misc-1.xsd +441 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-nameident-1.xsd +63 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-notations-1.xsd +69 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-object-1.xsd +71 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-param-1.xsd +46 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-pres-1.xsd +46 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-print-1.xsd +85 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-print-model-1.xsd +604 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-print-modules-1.xsd +422 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd +438 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-rdfa-1.xsd +116 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-rdfa-model-1.xsd +461 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-rdfa-modules-1.xsd +548 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-ruby-1.xsd +170 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-ruby-basic-1.xsd +84 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-script-1.xsd +65 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-special.ent +80 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-ssismap-1.xsd +38 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-struct-1.xsd +85 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-style-1.xsd +47 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-symbol.ent +237 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-table-1.xsd +267 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-target-1.xsd +49 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml-text-1.xsd +62 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml1-strict.dtd +978 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml1-transitional.dtd +1201 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml11-model-1.xsd +715 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml11-module-redefines-1.xsd +335 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml11-modules-1.xsd +605 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml11.xsd +107 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xhtml2.xsd +21 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-1.xsd +73 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-2.xsd +73 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-attribs-1.xsd +73 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-attribs-2.xsd +75 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-copyright-1.xsd +34 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-events-copyright-2.xsd +34 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-handlers-1.xsd +136 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-handlers-2.xsd +98 -0
- data/lib/markup_validity/xml-script-1.xsd +38 -0
- data/spec/matcher_spec.rb +8 -0
- data/test/assets/invalid_entity.xhtml +109 -0
- data/test/assets/invalid_entity_transitional.xhtml +109 -0
- data/test/helper.rb +48 -0
- data/test/test_markup_validity.rb +19 -0
- metadata +90 -3
data/CHANGELOG.rdoc
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corrections. <strong>This specification has now been superseded by <a
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title="Request For Comments">RFC</abbr> 1866</a>) was developed by the
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<p>XHTML 2.0 is a member of the XHTML Family of markup languages. It is an
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of the language, and their content model. XHTML 2.0 updates many of the modules
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those modules and their semantics. </p>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-access/">Access</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-role/">Role</a></li>
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<h3><a id="XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG" name="XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG"
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href="../TR/XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG">An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile</a></h3>
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<p>An XHTML+MathML+SVG profile is a profile that combines XHTML 1.1, MathML 2.0
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same document using XML namespaces mechanism, while allowing validation of such
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a mixed-namespace document.</p>
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HTML Frames. XFrames is <em>not</em> a part of XHTML per se, that allows
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System</a></dt>
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Tracking System</a></dt>
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XHTML Modules</a></h3>
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browsers running on desktops, television, handhelds, cellphones
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interoperability guarantees. If an author develops content for a
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<h2><a id="information" name="information">Useful information for HTML/XHTML
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authors</a></h2>
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<h3><a id="tutorials" name="tutorials">Tutorials</a></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="Guide/"><cite>Getting started with HTML</cite></a> by Dave
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Raggett is a short introduction to writing HTML, including tutorials on <a
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href="Guide/Advanced">advanced features</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="Guide/Style"><cite>Adding a touch of style</cite></a> by Dave
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Raggett is a short guide to styling your Web pages.</li>
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<li><a href="Guide/xhtml-m12n-tutorial/"><cite>XHTML Modules and Markup
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Languages - How to create XHTML Family modules and markup languages for fun
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and profit</cite></a> by Shane McCarron explains how to create XHTML Family
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modules and markup languages, based on <a
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href="#xhtml-modularization">Modularization of XHTML</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="2004/xmlevents-for-html-authors"><cite>XML Events for HTML
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Authors</cite></a> by <a href="http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/">Steven
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Pemberton</a> is a quick introduction to XML Events for HTML authors,
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explaining how XML Events are the same as HTML Event handling
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(<code>onclick</code> etc), but written differently.</li>
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<li><cite>XForms for HTML Authors</cite> <a
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href="Forms/2003/xforms-for-html-authors.html">Part 1</a> and <a
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href="Forms/2006/xforms-for-html-authors-part2">Part 2</a> by <a
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href="http://homepages.cwi.nl/~steven/">Steven Pemberton</a> is a quick
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introduction to writing XForms, leveraging the reader's existing knowledge
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of HTML Forms.</li>
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<p>You may also be interested in the following slides on XHTML:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Talks/1999/03/24-stockholm-xhtml/">XHTML: The
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language</a> by Dave Raggett, at W3C LA event
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in Stockholm, 24 March 1999.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Talks/1999/05/www8-html/slide1.html">W3C HTML
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Activity</a> by Dave Raggett, as part of <a
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href="http://www8.org/">WWW8</a> W3C Track, 12 May 1999</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Talks/1999/12/XHTML-XML99/slide1.html">W3C
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Work on XHTML</a> by Dave Raggett, at <a
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href="http://www.gca.org/attend/1999_conferences/xml_99/">XML '99</a>, 6
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December 1999. The presentation describes the work being done by W3C on
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XHTML.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/09/21-orf/xhtml-family/"
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hreflang="ja">The XHTML Family</a> (in <span xml:lang="ja"
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lang="ja">???</span>/Japanese) by Masayasu Ishikawa, at <a
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href="http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ORF/2001/" hreflang="ja"><abbr
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title="Shonan Fujisawa Campus">SFC</abbr> Open Research Forum 2001</a>, 21
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September 2001.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Talks/2002/04/11-pemberton">XForms, XHTML and
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Device Independence</a> by Steven Pemberton, at <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/Germany/Events/Cross-Media-Publishing">W3C.DE-Arbeitstreffen:
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Cross Media Publishing</a>, 11 April 2002.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/www2002-xhtml/">XHTML Family</a> by
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Masayasu Ishikawa, as part of <a href="http://www2002.org/">WWW2002</a> <a
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href="http://www2002.org/w3ctrack.html">W3C Track</a>, 9 May 2002. Slides
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are available in <a type="application/xhtml+xml"
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href="http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/www2002-xhtml/Overview.xhtml">XHTML</a>
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or <a type="text/html"
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href="http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/www2002-xhtml/Overview.html">HTML</a>
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(XHTML version needs XHTML+MathML+SVG+Ruby support).</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/orf2002-xhtml2/"
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hreflang="en">XHTML 2.0</a> (in <span xml:lang="ja"
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lang="ja">???</span>/Japanese) by Masayasu Ishikawa, at <a
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href="http://www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ORF/2002/" hreflang="ja"><abbr
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title="Shonan Fujisawa Campus">SFC</abbr> Open Research Forum 2002</a>, 22
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November 2002.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/www2003-steven-xhtml-xforms/">XHTML
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2.0 and XForms</a> by Steven Pemberton, as part of <a
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href="http://www2003.org/">WWW2003</a> <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2003/03/w3c-track03.html">W3C Track</a>, 21 May
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2003.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/www2003-steven-horizontal/">W3C's
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Horizontal Activities Usage: XHTML Family Case Study</a> by Steven
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Pemberton, WWW2003 W3C Track, 23 May 2003.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/0704-steven-xhtml-xforms/">XHTML
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and XForms</a> by Steven Pemberton, at <span xml:lang="nl"
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lang="nl">Zomersessie van NGI Limburg: XHTML2 en XForms, state of the art
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en stage-ervaringen bij het W3C</span>, 3 July 2003.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/04-19-steven-XHTML2-XForms/">XHTML2
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and XForms</a> by Steven Pemberton, organized by the <a
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href="http://www.w3c.de/Events/2005/HTMLtut.html">German and Austrian
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Office</a>, 19 April 2005.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/05-steven-www2005/">The Semantic
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Browser: Improving the User Experience</a> by Mark Birbeck and Steven
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Pemberton, WWW2005 W3C Track, 13 May 2005.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/05-steven-Metadata-in-XHTML2/">Metadata
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in XHTML2</a> by Steven Pemberton, at <a
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href="http://www.newssummit.org/2005/">News Standards Summit 2005</a>, 24
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May 2005.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/05-steven-xtech/">XHTML2:
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Accessible, Usable, Device Independent and Semantic</a> by Steven Pemberton
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and Mark Birbeck, at <a
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href="http://www.xtech-conference.org/2005/about.asp">XTech 2005
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Conference</a>, 26 May 2005.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a id="guidelines" name="guidelines">Guidelines for authoring</a></h3>
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|
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<p>Here are some rough guidelines for HTML authors. If you use these, you are
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more likely to end up with pages that are easy to maintain, look acceptable to
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users regardless of the browser they are using, and can be accessed by the many
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Web users with disabilities. Meanwhile W3C have produced some more formal
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guidelines for authors. Have a look at the detailed <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
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1.0</a>.</p>
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<ol>
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<li><strong>A question of style sheets.</strong> For most people the look of
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a document - the color, the font, the margins - are as important as the
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textual content of the document itself. But make no mistake! HTML is not
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designed to be used to control these aspects of document layout. What you
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should do is to use HTML to mark up headings, paragraphs, lists, hypertext
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links, and other structural parts of your document, and then add a style
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sheet to specify layout separately, just as you might do in a conventional
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Desk Top Publishing Package. That way, not only is there a better chance of
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all browsers displaying your document properly, but also, if you want to
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change such things as the font or color, it's really simple to do so. See
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the <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style">Touch of style</a>.</li>
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<li><strong><code>FONT</code> tag considered harmful!</strong> Many filters
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from word-processing packages, and also some HTML authoring tools, generate
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HTML code which is completely contrary to the design goals of the language.
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What they do is to look at a document almost purely from the point of view
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of layout, and then mimic that layout in HTML by doing tricks with
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<code>FONT</code>, <code>BR</code> and <code>&nbsp;</code>
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(non-breaking spaces). HTML documents are supposed to be structured around
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items such as paragraphs, headings and lists. Yet some of these documents
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barely have a paragraph tag in sight!
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<p>The problem comes when the content of pages needs to be updated, or
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given a new layout, or re-cast in XML (which is now to be the new mark-up
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language). With proper use of HTML, such operations are not difficult, but
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with a muddle of non-structural tags it's quite a different matter;
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maintenance tasks become impractical. To correct pages suffering from
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injudicious use of <code>FONT</code>, try the <a href="#tidy">HTML Tidy
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program</a>, which will do its best to put things right and generate better
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and more manageable HTML.</p>
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</li>
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<li><strong>Make your pages readable by those with disabilities.</strong> The
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Web is a tremendously useful tool for the visually impaired or blind user,
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but bear in mind that these users rely on speech synthesizers or Braille
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readers to render the text. Sloppy mark-up, or mark-up which doesn't have
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the layout defined in a separate style sheet, is hard for such software to
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deal with. Wherever possible, use a style sheet for the presentational
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aspects of your pages, using HTML purely for structural mark-up.
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<p>Also, remember to include descriptions with each image, and try to avoid
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server-side image maps. For tables, you should include a summary of the
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table's structure, and remember to associate table data with relevant
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headers. This will give non-visual browsers a chance to help orient people
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as they move from one cell to the next. For forms, remember to include
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labels for form fields.</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Do look at the <a href="../WAI/Resources/#gl">accessibility guidelines</a>
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for a more detailed account of how to make your Web pages really accessible.</p>
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<h3><a id="validation" name="validation" href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3C
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Markup Validation Service</a></h3>
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<p>To further promote the reliability and fidelity of communications on the
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Web, W3C has introduced the <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3C Markup
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Validation Service</a> at <code class="URI">http://validator.w3.org/</code>.</p>
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<p>Content providers can use this service to validate their Web pages against
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the HTML and XHTML Recommendations, thereby ensuring the maximum possible
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audience for their Web pages. It also supports XHTML Family document types such
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as XHTML+MathML and <a href="#XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG">XHTML+MathML+SVG</a>, and
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also other markup vocabularies such as <a href="../Graphics/SVG/">SVG</a>.</p>
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<p>Software developers who write HTML and XHTML editing tools can ensure
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interoperability with other Web software by verifying that the output of their
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tool complies with the W3C Recommendations for HTML and XHTML.</p>
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<h4><a id="tidy" name="tidy">HTML Tidy</a></h4>
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<p>HTML Tidy is a stand-alone tool for checking and pretty-printing HTML that
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is in many cases able to fix up mark-up errors, and also offers a means to
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convert existing HTML content into well-formed XML, for delivery as XHTML. HTML
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Tidy was originally written by <a href="../People/Raggett/tidy/">Dave
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Raggett</a>, and it is now maintained as an <a
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href="http://tidy.sourceforge.net/">open source project at SourceForge</a> by a
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group of volunteers.</p>
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<p>There is an <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/html-tidy/">archived</a> public
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mailing list html-tidy@w3.org. Please send bug reports / suggestions on HTML
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Tidy to this mailing list.</p>
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<h2><a id="forums" name="forums">Discussion Forums</a></h2>
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<p>Changes to HTML necessitate obtaining a consensus from a broad range of
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organizations. If you have a great idea, it will take time to convince others!
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Here are some of the places where discussion on HTML takes place:</p>
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<dl>
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<dt><a id="public-xhtml2"
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/latest"
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name="public-xhtml2">public-xhtml2@w3.org</a> (<a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/feed.rss">RSS
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feed</a>)</dt>
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<dd><strong>New!</strong> This is the public mailing list where the XHTML2
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Working Group will conduct its work per its <a
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href="/2007/03/XHTML2-WG-charter.html#communication">charter</a>. </dd>
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<dt><a id="www-html" name="www-html"
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/">www-html@w3.org</a> (<a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2002/09/Lists2RSS?ml=www-html&realm=Public">RSS
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feed</a>)</dt>
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<dd><strong>Note:</strong> The purpose of this list may change in March
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2007. A technical discussion list. If you have a proposal for a change to
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HTML/XHTML, you might start a discussion here to see what other
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developers think of it.
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/Mail/Request">how to subscribe</a></li>
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