What's New on the Unofficial `Kinder, Gentler HTML Validator' FAQ

Last change 01 Sep 2010.
01 Sep 2010:
Add a link to an SGML guide suggested by a user, and prune a couple links that are apparently dead. Does not necessarly reflect the up-to-dateness of anything else on the site… :-}
17 Jul 2000:
Not really a change, just a return from the grave on the killerbunnies.org web site.
12 May 1999:
Updated the splash page about the webtechs.com domain change, adding an article about the change and an Australian mirror. Thanks to Joy Hathaway and Barry Whitney for the information.
04 Apr 1999:
Updated answer to "My document uses _______. Which DOCTYPE should I use?" to reflect HTML 4.0. Can you tell I'm a little behind?... :-}
22 Mar 1999:
Changed all my WebTechs links; they seem to have been, um, bought out...
08 Aug 1998:
11 Jul 1998:
Corrected URL to Dan Connolly's statement that the omission of " from HTML 3.2 was accidental.
12 Dec 1997:
Added a direct link to the portion of the description of error "general entity `FOO' not defined and no default entity" discussing ampersands in CGI URLs.
30 Oct 1997:
New error: "invalid comment declaration: found name character outside comment but inside comment declaration".
23 Sep 1997:
New question: "Can I install a copy of KGV locally?"
27 Jul 1997:
07 May 1997:
03 Mar 1997:
Amended the " blurb in error "general entity `FOO' not defined and no default entity", now that we have a definite statement that the omission was accidental.
23 Feb 1997:
New question: "My document uses _______. Which DOCTYPE should I use?".
18 Feb 1997:
Added a blurb on the is-it-there-is-it-not " entity to the error "general entity `FOO' not defined and no default entity".
05 Feb 1997:
Ack! KGV has upgraded its version of nsgmls and the error messages have changed around. So far I've added the new error "an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters" and fixed up the description of "character `%' not allowed in attribute specification list" to compensate; more fixes to follow as I find them...
24 Jan 1997:
Added <LINK REL={NEXT,PREVIOUS,TOC,COPYRIGHT}> for browsers that use these to construct toolbars.
20 Jan 1997:
New error: "`####' is not a valid character number".
17 Dec 1996:
20 Nov 1996:
New "question": "I love your validator/I have a question about your validator.", explaining who to send mail to in what situation.
17 Oct 1996:
26 Sep 1996:
Updated the URL of TEI's "A Gentle Introduction to SGML".
01 Sep 1996:
Added APPLET/TEXTFLOW example to error "end tag for `FOO' which is not finished"
02 Aug 1996:
Added new example <IMG SRC="fred.gif><IMG SRC="joe.gif> to error "`FOO' is not a member of a group specified for any attribute".
10 Jul 1996:
New errors:
07 Jul 1996:
06 Jul 1996:
05 Jul 1996:
Incorporated new URL for Weblint.
01 Jul 1996:
Corrected explanation of error message "non SGML character number ###", as pointed out by Walter Skorski.
19 May 1996:
Removed question "Your Netscape DTD is out of date", since it no longer is.
25 Apr 1996:
New question: "Your Netscape DTD is out of date."
26 Mar 1996:
New question: "What do the options on the KGV main page do?"
25 Feb 1996:
New error, provided by Steven Bone: "syntax of attribute value does not conform to declared value".
12 Feb 1996:
Changed the "clean validation" icon from WebTechs' to KGV's new icons.
09 Jan 1996:
06 Jan 1996:
Updated the URL of TEI's "A Gentle Introduction to SGML".
04 Jan 1996:
02 Jan 1996:
20 Dec 1995:
Initial public release of the FAQ.