Last modified: 2012-12-31 16:32:43 UTC
This validation error shows for all pages with an edit link. As noted, the "edit" keyword is not registered with the W3C. This can easily be fixed by adding the keyword: http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#HTML5_link_type_extensions This needs to be evaluated by a developed, and if it is determined that registration is the fix, then a developer should do this to ensure that the proper descriptions are added. See also Bug 40384, which would have a similar fix. HTML validation is important. When editors manually create HTML ids, such as certain citation templates, we recommend they validate the page to ensure they have no duplicates. They get bogged down in endemic validation errors.
Hmmm... Looks like UniversalEditButton may or may not have actually adopted the rel="edit" form -- http://universaleditbutton.org/Suggestions#Linking_Scheme lists it and includes a mention of me adding it, but http://universaleditbutton.org/Add_The_Link still lists the rel="alternate" format. This is the kind of thing that's really meant to be open-ended though, I'm a bit baffled by the idea of rel values being registered. Is that new in HTML5-land?
Gadget850: > This is the kind of thing that's really meant to be open-ended though, I'm a > bit baffled by the idea of rel values being registered. Is that new in > HTML5-land?
To resolve this, see http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-rel-values#HTML5_link_type_extensions The description must include: * "Effect on link" * "Effect on a and area" * a link to a spec that documents the keyword as an HTML rel keyword One the keyword is registered, then the validator will pick it up and no longer generate this annoying error.
