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sleepingfish · 26-07-2004, 06:21

Using DWMX 2004's validator tool, and it doesn't seem to like

Code:

lang="en"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dreaweaver

The attribute xml:lang is required when using the attribute lang in xhtml10s. [XHTML 1.0 Strict]

Any ideas?

sleepingfish · 26-07-2004, 06:25

Ahah, changed the Doctype gubbins from

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">

to

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

Also found this useful article on getting Dreaweaver to behave: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dreamweaver/

smallbeer · 26-07-2004, 06:26

You need to use both xml:lang="en" and lang="en"

Code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

sleepingfish · 26-07-2004, 06:31

W3C doesn't seem to mind if you leave out

Code:

xml:lang="en"

(e.g.

)

but I can't see that it does any harm including it.

sleepingfish · 26-07-2004, 06:32

Eh? Where's Bill's reply gone? Ah well.

Stickman · 26-07-2004, 06:35

Cheeky.

Bill Posters · 26-07-2004, 06:36

<reprise />

Keep lang="en" in there as it'll score you an extra brownie point if/when running your site through WAI/Section508/WCAG checkers such as Cynthia Says and Bobby.

sleepingfish · 26-07-2004, 06:45

Thanks Bill.

Does anyone know if Dreamweaver goes by Section 508 or WCAG 1.0, or Its Own Set Of Made Up™ standards?

26-07-2004, 06:26	#3 (permalink)
smallbeer I Ain't Losing Any Sleep™ Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,200	You need to use both xml:lang="en" and lang="en" Code: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> __________________ That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

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sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	W3C doesn't seem to mind if you leave out Code: xml:lang="en" (e.g. ) but I can't see that it does any harm including it.

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26-07-2004, 06:32	#5 (permalink)
sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Eh? Where's Bill's reply gone? Ah well.

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Stickman Dr. Lucien Sanchez Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 5,527	Cheeky.

26-07-2004, 06:36	#7 (permalink)
Bill Posters trouble free and loverlee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: YooKay Posts: 2,933	<reprise /> Keep lang="en" in there as it'll score you an extra brownie point if/when running your site through WAI/Section508/WCAG checkers such as Cynthia Says and Bobby.

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sleepingfish css is for divs Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Norwich Posts: 4,469	Thanks Bill. Does anyone know if Dreamweaver goes by Section 508 or WCAG 1.0, or Its Own Set Of Made Up™ standards?

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