> Nick Gleitzman

> Forgot this point: valid doesn't mean correct, or sensible. 
> It's really 
> easy to write code that validates, but which is semantic rubbish. The 
> Validator is a great tool for checking the correctness of markup, but 
> it can't interpret context - it's just a dumb piece of software.

Validation is akin to a word processor's spellchecker: it can tell you if you 
spelt everything correctly, but that doesn't mean that the resulting document 
actually makes any sense whatsoever...

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