Re: Are standards a bad or good thing?

To answer the question in the subject:  Yes.

At 05:11 p.m. 10/10/98 -0500, Jim Tom Polk wrote:
>Ok, first, what does one mean by validation.

Means that a page conforms to a standard version of HTML.

Usually in the context of this list, it means "passes the W3C
validator at validator.w3.org", although it's possible to validate
against a non-standard HTML there.

>I think that when one gets into a debate about validation that the first
>line of any email specify the DTD (s) they are talking about. Too often
>we have someone screaming about 4.0 Strict when the other person is
>talking about 4.0 Transitional or 4.0 Frameset.

I think everyone should write code that validates against HTML 4.0.
Within that range, it includes Strict, Transitional, and Frameset.

I'm okay with HTML 3.2 and HTML 2.0 pages too.  The specific standard
doesn't bother me, as long as it's an accepted one, and specified in
the doctype.

Heck, I'd even be happy with MSIE3 doctype validation, if it's
specified.  At least those DTDs are available to look over, but
2.0, 3.2, or 4.0 are preferred.


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