G'day If you find the output from the validator puzzling and are looking for the tool to provide clearer answers, suggest you take it up with the people who provide the tool.
Having said that... The elements, attributes and values are defined in the DTD ( http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd ): <!ELEMENT option (#PCDATA)> <!-- selectable choice --> <!ATTLIST option %attrs; selected (selected) #IMPLIED disabled (disabled) #IMPLIED label %Text; #IMPLIED value CDATA #IMPLIED > If you don't understand the DTD (it can be a bit hard to read) there are other sites, like www.zvon.org which has (downloadable and lookup) references and tutorials for xhtml, CSS, DOM, Dublin Core and much much more. It says (in their xhtml reference): Attribute: selected Parent: option Values: selected Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design www.bwdzine.com Fast-loading, user-friendly websites ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
