[html5] Validator.nu’s (X)HTML5 Validator does not validate XHTML5

Mon Aug 28 15:00:15 PDT 2017

> So I guess your hope is that spamming "unsubscribe" to the list is going
to wake a moderater up to ban you from the list?

The website in his email uses Comic Sans, of all things. Let's cut the poor
chap some slack.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Paul Raso <paul at educationinvolved.org>
wrote:

> brilliant idea unsubscribe unsubscribe. hello moderater are you there?
>
> Paul Raso
> Executive Director
> Education Involved Advocacy Group
> paul at educationinvolved.org
> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Paul Raso <paul at educationinvolved.org>
> wrote:
>
>> brilliant idea unsubscribe unsubscribe. hello moderater are you there?
>>
>> Paul Raso
>> Executive Director
>> Education Involved Advocacy Group
>> paul at educationinvolved.org
>> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
>> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Paul Raso <paul at educationinvolved.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> brilliant idea unsubscribe unsubscribe. hello moderater are you there?
>>>
>>> Paul Raso
>>> Executive Director
>>> Education Involved Advocacy Group
>>> paul at educationinvolved.org
>>> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
>>> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Sean McBeth <sean.mcbeth at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So I guess your hope is that spamming "unsubscribe" to the list is
>>>> going to wake a moderater up to ban you from the list?
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 28, 2017 12:05 PM, "Paul Raso" <paul at educationinvolved.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ha ha ha fu how do you know what i've tried. unsubscribe unsubscribe
>>>> unsubscribe xoxoxo
>>>>
>>>> Paul Raso
>>>> Executive Director
>>>> Education Involved Advocacy Group
>>>> paul at educationinvolved.org
>>>> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
>>>> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Sean McBeth <sean.mcbeth at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you paid attention to the email footer, you might find a way to
>>>>> unsubscribe at the mailing list website.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 28, 2017 12:02 PM, "Paul Raso" <paul at educationinvolved.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul Raso
>>>>>> Executive Director
>>>>>> Education Involved Advocacy Group
>>>>>> paul at educationinvolved.org
>>>>>> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
>>>>>> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Paul Raso <
>>>>>> paul at educationinvolved.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> unsubscribe already wtf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul Raso
>>>>>>> Executive Director
>>>>>>> Education Involved Advocacy Group
>>>>>>> paul at educationinvolved.org
>>>>>>> 416-587-6438 <(416)%20587-6438>
>>>>>>> #morethanonewaytolearn #yourworldisourclassroom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:04 AM, Jorge . <chocolate.camera at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Validator.nu (X)HTML5 Validator at https://html5.validator.nu
>>>>>>>> validates only HTML5, not XHTML5, despite its name, when attempting
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> do so via direct input (Text Field).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tested with this markup:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>>>>>>>> <!DOCTYPE html>
>>>>>>>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>>>>>>>>    <head>
>>>>>>>>       <meta charset="UTF-8"/>
>>>>>>>>       <title>My title</title>
>>>>>>>>    </head>
>>>>>>>>    <body>
>>>>>>>>    </body>
>>>>>>>> </html>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The submission form does not have an option to forcibly request
>>>>>>>> XHTML5
>>>>>>>> validation instead of HTML5. Even when the markup is preceded by the
>>>>>>>> XML declaration (which nevertheless is purportedly not necessary if
>>>>>>>> contents are UTF-8), the validator reports the very declaration as
>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>> error:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > Error: Saw <?. Probable cause: Attempt to use an XML processing
>>>>>>>> instruction in HTML. (XML processing instructions are not supported in
>>>>>>>> HTML.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> revealing that even with such markup it is validating HTML5 instead
>>>>>>>> of XHTML5.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The generic validator at https://validator.nu used to have a
>>>>>>>> preset or
>>>>>>>> parser (cannot remember) specifically for XHTML5, but not anymore
>>>>>>>> either it seems.
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