Well, the w3C validator certainly considers it to be invalid and is validating against the HTML 4.01 spec which came into being in December 1999. So I'd be inclined to say that 5 years is more than enough deprecation notice.
William ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is it the opinion of others that "deprecated" is semantically equivalent > to "invalid"? > "William Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I noticed that the html generated form the <html:form> tag is not valid > HTML > according to the W3C validation service (http://validator.w3.org). > It generates a <form> tag with a 'name' attribute which has been > deprecated. > > Since I'm striving to conform to relevant standards as best as possible, I > was wondering whether anyone else had faced the same issue and what > approach > had been taken. > > If I don't use the <html:form> tag then I can't use other tags like > <html:select> etc, which means a fair bit of messing about for drop-downs. > > Does anyone else bother with HTML validation? > And if so, how do you handle Forms and Form elements? > > William -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.2 - Release Date: 13-Dec-04 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
