I figure if a validator is going to say "that's wrong" they
ought to provide a link so you can find out what's right.
Don't you think?
There are no less than 2 links to the exact specification of the doctype your document purports to use (one at the top, in the form, just next to the dropdown where you can force a different doctype, and one in the big brown/red bar that tells you when something is not valid).
Also, the actual error messages are quite verbose if you read them properly. For example, in the case of "there is no attribute" type errors, you have, among other things: " How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute." (and yes, in this case it was the lower-case issue that was to blame).
Beyond that, it's a validating tool, not a teaching tool...
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