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diff --git a/htdocs/docs/help.html b/htdocs/docs/help.html index d005ddd..c639b8e 100755 --- a/htdocs/docs/help.html +++ b/htdocs/docs/help.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: help.html,v 1.23 2005-04-25 05:08:59 ot Exp $" ---><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2005-04-25 05:08:59 $" +<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: help.html,v 1.24 2005-05-30 01:46:49 ot Exp $" +--><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2005-05-30 01:46:49 $" --><!--#set var="title" value="Help for The W3C Markup Validation Service" --><!--#set var="relroot" value="../" --><!--#include virtual="../header.html" --> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ mailing-list.</p> Does "valid" mean "quality approved by W3C"?</a> </li> <li> + <a href="#validandconform">Is validity the same thing as conformance?</a> + </li> + <li> <strong><a href="#what-is-it">What is the Markup Validator and what does it do?</a></strong> </li> <li> @@ -62,8 +65,10 @@ mailing-list.</p> <li> <a href="#cleanup">I don't want error messages, I want you to clean up my page!</a> </li> - <li> - <a href="#icon">My document is valid, can I use your "valid" icon?</a> + <li><a href="#icon">"valid" icons</a> + <ol> + <li><a href="#icon-usage">My document is valid, can I use your "valid" icon?</a></li> + <li><a href="#icon-invalidpage">I saw the "valid" icon displayed on a site but the page is invalid. What should I do?</a></li> </li> </ol> </li> @@ -163,6 +168,12 @@ mailing-list.</p> set of rules. No more, no less. This is also why the "valid ..." icons should never be considered as a "W3C seal of quality".</p> + <h4 id="validandconform">Is validity the same thing as conformance?</h4> + <p>No, they are different. A document is valid when it is written in accordance + to a formal grammar, whereas conformance to a specification is defined by the + specification itself. The two <em>might</em> be equivalent, but in most cases, + some conformance requirements can not be expressed in the grammar, making validity + only a part of the conformance.</p> <h4 id="what-is-it">What is the Markup Validator and what does it do?</h4> <p> @@ -292,8 +303,8 @@ mailing-list.</p> <p>The Markup Validator can not do this for you. You may want to have a look at tools such as <a href="http://tidy.sourceforge.net">HTML Tidy</a>.</p> - <h4 id="icon">My document is valid, can I use your "valid" icon?</h4> - <h5>Practical use of the icon</h5> + <h4 id="icon">"valid" icons</h4> + <h5 id="icon-usage">My document is valid, can I use your "valid" icon?</h5> <p> <img class="inline-badge" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10" alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" height="31" width="88" /> Yes. To show readers that one has taken some care to create an @@ -314,6 +325,7 @@ mailing-list.</p> alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" height="31" width="88" /></a> </p> </pre> + <h5>License and Guidelines for usage of the "valid" icons</h5> <p>Web content providers are granted the right to use the "W3C valid" logo on pages that pass validation (through the use of the @@ -334,6 +346,12 @@ mailing-list.</p> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/logo-usage-20000308.html">Logo and Icon usage</a> policy.</p> + <h5 id=icon-invalidpage">I saw the "valid" icon displayed on a site but the page is invalid. What should I do?</h5> + + <p>We recommend that you write to the site manager and politely bring to + that person's attention that there is an inconsistency. Please note that + W3C does not verify or attempt to enforce validity claims.</p> + </div> <div> |