RE: Why Doesn't IE5 use the DTD to Validate?

["Didier PH Martin" <martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

<YourComment>
Granted. But if it is complete, and the user believes that the instance
is valid because "it displays fine in IE" and "IE is a validating
parser" then that is a problem.
</YourComment>

<Reply>
I know that you know the difference but IE is a browser with a primary
intent to display documents not to validate them. Idem for Mozilla. IE uses
a parser which is a component that could parse document with validation or
not. IE (the browser) uses this component with a non-validating mode. So we
have to make the distinction of the parser and the browser. The same
consideration will occurs in some months with Mozilla. Several modules could
be used as XMPCOM components like IE is using its COM parser component. We
have to make the distinction between a parser's client (the browser) and the
component itself.
</reply>

Regards
Didier PH Martin
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