[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17632: HTML 5 Validation issues (theme independent)

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#17632: HTML 5 Validation issues (theme independent)
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 Reporter:  amirhabibi    |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.1.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |
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Comment (by bamajr):

 Replying to [comment:10 pbiron]:

 You can't just write it... you have to maintain it and then defend it's
 position when other people want to change it.

 For this reason, it really isn't a bug in the W3C Validator (which is
 actually validador.nu and whatwg). The validator is correct, because
 without a specification, the use is invalid.

 I've been researching this issue for quite a while, as I despise when
 developers start throwing invalid code in something which is supposed to
 be a core framework. WordPress is essentially violating their own policy
 in creating valid code
 (http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Coding_Standards#HTML). The
 WordPress Core doesn't validate, so how is the resulting theme going to
 validate?

 I've posted a few follow-up comments, to other support topics at:
 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_the_category_list-produces-rel-
 attribute-with-invalid-values?replies=7#post-2720221

 and...

 http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-abuses-rel-
 tag?replies=23#post-2720264

 If the WordPress core is going to use rel="category" and rel="category
 tag" then it should take the steps necessary to ensure they are properly
 defined in a specification.

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