Bug 980 – NU validator issues error for any “obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string”

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Bug 980 - NU validator issues error for any “obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string”


Summary:	NU validator issues error for any “obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string”

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Michael[tm] Smith

URL:	http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html...

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Reported:	2013-11-06 10:48 CET by Leif Halvard Silli
Modified:	2013-11-06 11:59 CET (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Leif Halvard Silli 2013-11-06 10:48:29 CET

NU validator screams “Error: Legacy doctype” even if the DOCTYPE is a ”obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string".

Comment 1 Leif Halvard Silli 2013-11-06 10:54:48 CET

The HTML specification is clear on the fact that there should only be WARNING messages  - and not ERROR messages - for obsolete permitted DOCTYPEs:

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/obsolete.html#warnings-for-obsolete-but-conforming-features

Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2013-11-06 11:59:00 CET

Fixed already.

https://bitbucket.org/validator/validator/commits/7625938e679a27265ae625e57b5ed33c063dfacb

http://hg.mozilla.org/projects/htmlparser/rev/2a1a57b4c8ff