Oddities in w3c validation <html> and <body>

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JonyRock2011-07-12 19:28:13

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JonyRock, 2011-07-12 19:28:13

Oddities in w3c validation and

Why is it valid: and this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <head> <title>Title of the document</title> </head> </html>

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <head> <title>Title of the document</title> </head> </body>

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lashtal, 2011-07-12
@JonyRock

dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#optional-tags
A head element's start tag may be omitted if the element is empty, or if the first thing inside the head element is an element.
A body element's start tag may be omitted [...]

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sl_bug, 2011-07-12
@sl_bug

You will be surprised, but this is also valid.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<h1>1</h1>
<div>bla</div>
<header>bbb</header>
<footer>ddd</footer>

<html>, <head> and <body> tags are optional!