Subject: RE: Why Doesn't IE5 use the DTD to Validate? From: "Jelks Cabaniss" <jelks@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:58:37 -0500 |
Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The only scenario we could come up with where validation is useful when > browsing XML documents is when the browser is used as a development tool, > allowing easy checking of well-formedness and validation for a document in > progress. This scenario can be accomplished by a number of alternative > mechanisms without impacting the browsing experience - a simple tool that > validates an XML document could be written in a few lines of JavaScript, see > http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/samples/internet/xml/xml_validator/defau > lt.asp for an example. We will find it slightly more convenient when you add an "Internet Tools | Validate Document" menu option (and button) when a DTD or schema is detected ... :-) > We considered several mechanisms for allowing developers to "turn on" > validation errors but did not find a clean solution that could be > implemented in time for the IE5 release. PLEASE add it in the .01 release (along with the CSS bug fixes -- in particular for making declared entities visible :)! /Jelks XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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