{"id":89,"date":"2005-10-09T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2005-10-09T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2005\/10\/validation-quiz-answers"},"modified":"2006-04-30T23:30:59","modified_gmt":"2006-04-30T23:30:59","slug":"validation-quiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lachy.id.au\/log\/2005\/10\/validation-quiz-answers","title":{"rendered":"Web Developer Quiz Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are the answers to last week’s Web Developer Quiz<\/a>. If you have not attempted\r\nthe quiz yourself, I recommend you do so before reading the following answers.\r\n\tAll the responses to the quiz from ealier this week were made public earlier\r\n\ttoday. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Validation<\/h3>\r\n

There is only one error within the sample document, validate\r\n\t\tit<\/a> and see for\r\n\tyourself:<\/p>\r\n

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Line 4, column 11<\/em>: there is no attribute “ALIGN”<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

The align attribute is not valid in HTML 4.01 Strict because it is deprecated. \r\n\tIt is valid in HTML 4.01 Transitional. For information about why line 7 isn\u2019t\r\n\tan error, refer to the validation quiz<\/a> and associated\r\n\tanswers<\/a> I published earlier.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Elements in the DOM<\/h3>\r\n

There are 3 p elements within the document. The syntax: <><\/code> in\r\n\tan empty start-tag, an unsupported SHORTTAG<\/code> feature from SGML. It basically\r\n\tmeans to open the most recent unclosed element. Similarly, <\/><\/code> is\r\n\tan empty end-tag which ends the most recent open element. <\/p>\r\n

The em<\/code> element will not be present because, despite appearances to the contrary,\r\n\tit is actually commented out. The head<\/code> and body<\/code> elements will still be present,\r\n\teven though their start- and end-tags have been omitted.<\/p>\r\n

Validate it and look at the Parse Tree to confirm these answers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Semantics<\/h3>\r\n

The unordered list (option 3) is the most semantically correct. A stylesheet\r\n\tmay be used to style it in any way desired.<\/p>\r\n

The <h1><\/code> element without the style<\/code> attribute or the class<\/code> attribute\r\n\twith a presentational class name is the most appropriate markup for a document\r\n\ttitle. An external stylesheet may be used, and is the recommended way, to horizontally\r\n\tcentre it in a visual medium using a large, bold font. The use of the style<\/code>\tattribute or the presentational class name is not recommended because it fails\r\n\tto separate the markup from the presentation.<\/p>\r\n

Everyone got these 2 questions correct. Well done.<\/strong> In hindsight,\r\n\tI wish I had made these more difficult, but since semantics is not an\r\n\texact science, I found that (in general) the more complicated the question,\r\n\tthe less specific the answer could be. So, I settled for relatively easy\r\n\tquestions for things that beginners tend to markup poorly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Character References<\/h3>\r\n