Re: [xml-dev] XHTML 5 and validation

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Jesper Tverskov scripsit:

> Very nice with the XHTML5 preset in Validator.nu. It is first time I
> have seen a link to the schema. Schematron! Is that the way it is
> going to be, no DTD or XML Schema?

Structural schemas are insufficient to capture all the restrictions of
valid XHTML5.  It would be possible to write a schema for XHTML5 (probably
a RELAX NG one), but it would be laxer than the requirements of HTML5 validity.

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