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Re: Well formed verses Valid code

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Feb 26, 2007 2:30PM

I'll agree that valid code has benefits for the developer, including
ones you mention. I'll support it in a corporate or agency policy for
web development, but for reasons apart from accessibility. Validity
tests may find some issues that affect accessibility, but these issues
are covered elsewhere in accessibility standards (e.g. missing alt
attribute on an image). I have yet to see an issue where the code is so
mangled that it impacts the way assistive technologies render the
content but that doesn't affect the visual rendering for sighted users.
I agree that valid code should be a policy, just not an accessibility
policy.

AWK


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