Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Documentation/FAQ

Timestamp:

07/22/10 22:23:34 (3 years ago)

Author:

ijacobs

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Documentation/FAQ

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 Unicorn is W3C's unified validator, which helps people improve the quality of their Web pages by performing a variety of checks. Unicorn gathers the results of the popular HTML and CSS validators, as well as other useful services. 
 
-== What does validator mean? ==
+== What does "validation" mean? ==
 
-@@someone at W3C probably already wrote a definition of "validator"@@
+Validation is a process of testing some piece of content (HTML, CSS, etc.) against a set of rules. The HTML validator determines whether the markup conforms to the grammar of HTML (e.g., as expressed through a document type definition, or DTD). The CSS validator determines whether the CSS rules conform to CSS syntax.
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 == Unicorn reports false positives! ==
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 Unicorn gathers results from other validators and Web Services. Unicorn reporting errors means the corresponding validator did report errors. If you believe this is wrong, you should contact the maintainer of this validator directly as Unicorn is not faulty here.
 
-== I want to help Unicorn. What can I do? ==
+== How do I write a new validation service to be part of Unicorn? ==
 
-@@link to the homepage?@@
 
-== I want to install Unicorn on my computer. Can I do that? ==
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+== How can I contribute code to the Unicorn project? ==
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+See [http://code.w3.org/unicorn/wiki#DevelopUnicornandValidationServices information about contributing code to Unicorn].
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+== Can I run Unicorn? ==
 
 Yes! Unicorn is an open source software which means anyone can download, use, modify and redistribute it freely. Full instructions on how to install Unicorn are [Documentation/Install available]