ID Attribute values MUST begin with a letter and may be followed by letters
(A-Za-z), digits (0-9), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and
periods (".").James On 9/28/07, Tim Offenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a page I want to validate. W3C says it's valid XHTML Transitional > but Tidy complains saying, "line 96 column 1 - Warning: <input> ID > "__VIEWSTATE" uses XML ID syntax." The page is www.provost.uiuc.edu and > because it has a XHTML DOCTYPE, I would think XML syntax should be just > fine. > > I am advising on this page so I don't have access to the files to change > anything but wanted to research the complaint before reporting it. Any ideas > what TIDY's problem is saying. > > I thought preceding an ID with the double underscore might be the issue > but would like a more technical explanation, particularly since W3C says > it's valid. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Tim > > > -- > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Tim Offenstein *** Campus Accessibility Liaison *** (217) > 244-2700 > CITES Departmental Services *** www.uiuc.edu/goto/offenstein > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
