I may well be wrong, but as far as I understand it it's not needed at all if your files (javascript, or stylesheets for that matter) are external. When your script is embedded in the page, it needs the proper commenting there as it needs to "live" within a well-formed XML file. When it's outside of it, there's no such requirement.
Unless I've misinterpreted the advice in C.4. http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#guidelines Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Gleitzman > Sent: 21 July 2004 14:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] Comment syntax in external javascript files? > > > Hi all > > Can anyone please tell me how much of the following is needed if I'm > calling javascript from an external file into a XHTML Strict > code file? > > I know that for javascript included *in* the file, the > comment syntax is > > <script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- > //script contents here... > //--><!]]></script> > > but what's the go in an external file? I presume the CDATA prolog is > still needed - but how much of it? > > TIA > > Nick > ___________________________ > Omnivision. Websight. > http://www.omnivision.com.au/ > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** > > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
