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<h2>News for the W3C Markup Validator</h2>
<div class="intro">
<p>
This page lists recent changes to <a href="./">the <acronym
title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym> Markup Validation
Service</a>. For minor changes and bug fixes that aren't listed on this
page, see <a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/">the
<acronym title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</acronym> log</a>.
</p>
</div>
<dl>
<dt id="t2004-05-21">2004-05-21 — 0.6.6 Release:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A maintenance release that fixes a
<a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?product=Validator&target_milestone=0.6.6">few minor bugs</a>,
resurrects the
whitespace-preserving source display, adds explanations for additional
error messages, and makes some slight tweaks to the website style.
</p>
<p>
This version also tentatively fixes a bug where, for Document Instances
with a Document Type Name of "html", but with
an incorrect Formal Public Identifier, the Validator would fall back
to HTML 4.01 Transitional and, if no other errors were found,
silently ignore the erroneous FPI.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t2004-05-07">2004-05-07 — 0.6.5 Release:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Stable release including all the fixes and improvements made in
consecutive beta versions <a href="#t2004-04-30">0.6.5 Beta #3</a>,
<a href="#t2004-04-15">0.6.5 Beta #2</a>,
<a href="#t2003-08-26">0.6.5 Beta #1</a>,
<a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003Jun/0062.html">0.6.2 beta #2</a>,
and <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003May/0069.html">0.6.2 beta #1</a>
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t2004-04-30">2004-04-30 — 0.6.5 Beta #3:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Testing version 0.6.5 Beta #3 of the Markup Validator; an intermediary
version including further layout, style and documentation improvements
over version 0.6.5 Beta #2, based on discussion and comments during
the testing phase of that version. Changes include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Simpler navigation system - removed the "links" navigation bar</li>
<li>More consistent layout</li>
<li>
A few issues with the way some agents were dealing with our Style
Sheets were fixed. Other minor style fixes were also applied.
</li>
<li>
Cleanup of grammar issues and typos in a large part of the
documentation.
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2004-04-15">2004-04-15 — 0.6.5 Beta #2:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Testing version 0.6.5 Beta #2 of the Markup Validator; an intermediary
version addressing comments received for the version 0.6.5 Beta #1
and adding significant User Interface and Documentation improvements.
Changes include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>More explanations for most of the validation error messages</li>
<li>New documentation on installing the Markup Validator locally</li>
<li>The "fussy" parsing mode is no longer available and will be
drastically improved before it comes back - if ever </li>
<li>The W3C Link Checker has now been spun off into a standalone product
and is no longer bundled with the Markup Validator</li>
<li>Stylesheets have been updated, with a more pleasant look</li>
<li>Easier navigation, more accessible documentation</li>
<li>More "Quality Tips" have been added</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2003-08-26">2003-08-26 — 0.6.5 Beta #1:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Testing version 0.6.5 Beta #1 of the Markup Validator; an intermediary
version addressing various issues and add requested features.
Changes include:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Stylesheets updated to work around browser issues.</li>
<li>Added a pointer to contributed <a href="source/#rpm">RPMs</a>
courtesy of <a href="http://www.iki.fi/scop/">Ville Skyttä</a>.</li>
<li>Fixed broken links in Copyright statement.</li>
<li>Added current version number in page headings.</li>
<li>Detect proxies stripping the Referer header.</li>
<li>Added "Comma Tools".</li>
<li>Minor Accessibility fixes.</li>
<li>A few new Webmaster Tips for the Tip of The Day.</li>
<li>The Link Checker now sends Accept, and Accept-Language headers.</li>
<li>The Link Checker supports more HTTP Status Codes.</li>
<li>The documentation has seen much improvement.</li>
<li>The RPM spec file is now available in the download.</li>
<li>Update ISO-HTML DTD to TC1.</li>
<li>Update SVG 1.0 DTD to current Errata.</li>
<li>Added support for ISO-8859-16 Encoding.</li>
<li>Added support for the data: URL scheme.</li>
<li>The Link Checker in command-line mode now supports bundling of options.</li>
<li>The Validator RPMs now try to integrate with the system catalog.</li>
<li>
Added options to make the DOCTYPE and Charset Override behave like
Fallbacks. i.e. With these options enabled, the Override will only
insert the relevant new value iff one was not allready present.
</li>
<li>No longer treat missing DOCTYPE or Charset as a fatal error.</li>
<li>Much improved error messages for several error situations.</li>
<li>Updated and expanded error explanations.</li>
<li>Use passive (PASV) FTP by default.</li>
<li>Updated experimental mod_perl support to work with Apache/mod_perl 2.</li>
<li>Added support for the Big5-HKSCS encoding.</li>
<li>The MathML2 DTDs were updated to the 20030620 errata version.</li>
<li>Add option to restrict access to private IP addresses.</li>
<li>Added custom, inline, verbose error messages.</li>
<li>Tweaked markup and style for source display.</li>
<li>Tweaked markup and style for indicating position of error.</li>
<li>Changes in output mandated by W3C Legal.</li>
<li>Verbose output is now the default from the home page.</li>
<li>
Added new "fussy" parse mode (enabled by default from the home
page) that should make it easier to locate SHORTTAGS-related
problems (such as implied end tags).
</li>
<li>Valid Badge useage guidelines are now available.</li>
<li>Various internal restructuring to make way for future (post-0.6.5) features.</li>
<li>
"/referer" is now deprecated in favor of "?uri=referer";
this allows us to preserve additional options in referer links.
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2002-12-01">2002-12-01 — 0.6.1 Release:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>
Maintenance release to fix various minor issues reported against the
<a href="#t2002-11-26">November 26</a> release. Stylesheet updates,
ability to turn on Verbose output, and bug fixes.
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2002-11-26">2002-11-26 — 0.6.0 Release:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Improved design of layout, including for Validation results.</li>
<li>Added "beefed up" Tip-of-the-Day.</li>
<li>Many accessibility fixes, both to the web site and the Result page.</li>
<li>
Major internal restructuring. The code has undergone significant
refactoring with many benefits. It is more readable and easier to
understand, much more robust, much improved security, more modular,
and performance should be significantly better. There is tentative
support for running under mod_perl (leading to even greater
performance enhancements) and memory consumption should be much
improved.
</li>
<li>
Many new document types are supported and support for some
existing document types has been improved. Notable changes
and additions include:
<ul>
<li>Support for <code>application/xhtml+xml</code>.</li>
<li>
Support for <acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym>+<acronym
title="Math Markup Language">MathML</acronym> and <a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG-20020809/"><acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym>+<acronym
title="Math Markup Language">MathML</acronym>+<acronym
title="Scalable Vector Graphics">SVG</acronym></a>.
</li>
<li>
Support for <acronym
title="Scalable Vector Graphics"><a
href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/">SVG</a></acronym> and
<code>image/svg+xml</code>.
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/"><acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym>
1.0 Second Edition</a> and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/"><acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym>
1.1</a>.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Output has been reworked to be easier to understand.</li>
<li>And a whole bunch of bugfixes... :-)</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2001-10-06">2001-10-06:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Finished redesign and use consistent style for all pages..</li>
<li>Added Tip-of-the-Day.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2001-09-24">2001-09-24:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Added experimental support for <acronym
title="Scalable Vector Graphics">SVG</acronym> 1.0.</li>
<li>Added experimental support for <code>spec-prod</code> 2.0.</li>
<li>...and several minor bug fixes.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2001-09-13">2001-09-13:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Added support for <acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.1 and
<acronym title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym>
Basic 1.0.</li>
<li>Added experimental support for
<abbr title="Mathematical Markup Language">MathML</abbr> 2.0.</li>
<li>You can now tweak options from results page.</li>
<li>Added option to override Character Encoding.</li>
<li>Various bug fixes and minor changes.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2001-06-22">2001-06-22:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Various bug fixes; notably two related to the File Upload feature.</li>
<li>Some changes to make local installations easier.</li>
<li>Support for more Character Encodings (e.g. <code>ISO-8859-8-I</code>).</li>
<li>Generally improved handling of Character Encodings.</li>
<li>Documentation donated by Scott Bigham (Thanks Scott!).</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t2000-10-18">2000-10-18:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added support for <a
href="http://purl.org/NET/ISO+IEC.15445/15445.html"><acronym
title="Internation Organization for Standardization">ISO</acronym>/<acronym
title="International Electrotechnical Commission">IEC</acronym> 15445:2000</a>
(<acronym title="Internation Organization for Standardization">ISO</acronym>-<acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym>).
See also: <a href="http://purl.org/NET/ISO+IEC.15445/Users-Guide.html">User's
Guide to <acronym title="Internation Organization for Standardization">ISO</acronym>-<acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym></a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t2000-06-30">2000-06-30:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The service now checks <acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> documents
for validity as well as <acronym
title="eXtensible Markup Language">XML</acronym> well-formedness.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t2000-04-28">2000-04-28:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added the <a href="file-upload.html">file upload</a> feature.
</p>
<p>
Created the <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator-cvs/">www-validator-cvs
mailing list</a>.
</p>
<p>
Updated the <a href="./">home page</a>, moved some things to
<a href="about.html">another page</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t2000-01-26">2000-01-26:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Updated the <acronym title="Document Type Definitions">DTDs</acronym>
and added <a href="images/">icons</a> for
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xhtml1-20000126/"><acronym title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0</a>,
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/"><acronym
title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> 4.01</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1999-08-24">1999-08-24:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added the <acronym title="Document Type Definitions">DTDs</acronym>
for <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-html40-19990824/">
<acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> 4.01</a>.
</p>
<p>
Updated the <acronym title="Document Type Definitions">DTDs</acronym>
for <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-xhtml1-19990824/"><acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1999-04-08">1999-04-08:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added username/password proxying for validation of documents protected
by HTTP Basic Authentication, thanks to patches from
<a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Renaud/">Renaud Bruyeron</a>. (see
<a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/httpd/cgi-bin/check.diff?r1=text&tr1=1.16&r2=text&tr2=1.18&f=h">the
changes</a>)
</p>
<p>
This revision also includes patches to use the Perl5 version
of libwww-perl, <a href="http://www.linpro.no/lwp/">LWP</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1999-03-04">1999-03-04:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added support for <a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/#future"><acronym
title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym></a>,
using the <acronym title="Document Type Definitions">DTDs</acronym>
from <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-html-in-xml-19990304/">the
19990304 working draft</a>. (see <a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/httpd/cgi-bin/check.diff?r1=text&tr1=1.13&r2=text&tr2=1.16&f=h">the changes</a>)
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1999-02-25">1999-02-25:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added support for <code>ISO-2022-JP</code> and <code>Shift_JIS</code>
character encodings.
Thanks to <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/W3Cpeople.html#Asada">Takuya
Asada</a>, <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/W3Cpeople.html#Ishikawa">Masayasu
Ishikawa</a>, and <a href="http://www.w3.org/People/D%C3%BCrst/">Martin
Dürst</a> for their patches and advice.
</p>
<p>
Updated the SGML declaration according to the
<a href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html40-updates/REC-html40-19980424-errata.html">
<acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym>
4.0 spec errata</a>. (see <a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/validator/htdocs/sgml-lib/REC-html40-971218/HTML4.decl?r1=1.1&r2=1.2">the
changes</a>).
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1998-08-26">1998-08-26:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Put a tarred and gzipped version of the SGML library files (<acronym
title="Document Type Definitions">DTDs</acronym> etc.) on the
Web.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1998-08-05">1998-08-05:</dt>
<dd>
<p>Posted some new documents on the Web:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="source/">information on the source code</a></li>
<li><a href="todo.html">the to-do list for the service</a></li>
<li>
<a href="feedback.html">a page explaining how to give feedback</a>
(including information on the new <a href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/">www-validator
mailing list</a>)
</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt id="t1998-07-24">1998-07-24:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Made the <a href="source/">source code</a>
available via <a href="http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/"><acronym
title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>'s public <acronym
title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</acronym> tree</a>.
</p>
<p>
Upgraded the HTTP server to <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache
1.3.1.</a>
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1998-06-19">1998-06-19:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added a page about <a href="about.html">the hardware/network
behind this service</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1998-04-20">1998-04-20:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Added support for a parameter to check the referring Web page for
mistakes. To use it, just link to the following URL when linking to
the service <<a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">http://validator.w3.org/check/referer</a>>
(you can try the link to see how it works).
</p>
</dd>
<dt id="t1997-12-18">1997-12-18:</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Updated <acronym title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> 4.0
materials to match the
<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/"><acronym
title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</acronym> 4.0 Recommendation</a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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