Bug 973 – Incorrect error message when <data> is used

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Bug 973 - Incorrect error message when <data> is used


Summary:	Incorrect error message when <data> is used

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

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

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

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Reported:	2013-05-27 13:43 CEST by Jukka K. Korpela
Modified:	2013-07-01 19:17 CEST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jukka K. Korpela 2013-05-27 13:43:07 CEST

According to comments to bug 871, the addition of <data> is pending. However, the error message you now get e.g. about

<!DOCTYPE html>
<title></title>
<p><data></data></p>

is very confusing:


Error: Element data not allowed as child of element p in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.)

From line 3, column 4; to line 3, column 9

title>↩<p><data></data

Contexts in which element data may be used:
    Where phrasing content is expected.
Content model for element p:
    Phrasing content.


And here “data” in “Contexts in which element data may be used:” is a link to
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-data-element
which clearly described <data> as allowed.

Either <data> should be accepted, or it should be reported simply as not allowed, depending on which document the validator checks against.

Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2013-07-01 19:17:02 CEST

Fixed this by adding support for the <data> element to the sources (and pushed to the W3C validator).