Title: validation error
Last modified: October 12, 2022

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# validation error

 *  Resolved [daverussia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daverussia/)
 * (@daverussia)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/)
 * Hi, in plugin code strings
    “[https://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221](https://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221);
 * you need to fix on this:
    “[http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221](http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221);

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 *  [dacotawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dacotawp/)
 * (@dacotawp)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16139119)
 * To be more precise: All pictures, used in captcha have incorrect xmlns attribute.
 * Here is error from validator: Bad value [https://www.w3.org/2000/svg](https://www.w3.org/2000/svg)
   for the attribute xmlns (only [http://www.w3.org/2000/svg](http://www.w3.org/2000/svg)
   permitted here).
 * xmlns – is not actual url to be used somewhere, but actually name for scheme,
   so it should be used as is.
 * You could check it in SVG specification: [https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/intro.html](https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/intro.html)
 *  [Kyle Charlton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktc_88/)
 * (@ktc_88)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16139815)
 * Hi,
    Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The SVGs used in the plugin
   have been minified to reduce file size, I have not seen validation errors in 
   the past using the compression tool. I am currently working on version 3.3, I
   will look into the validation errors.
 *  [Kyle Charlton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktc_88/)
 * (@ktc_88)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16200507)
 * Hello,
    After looking into the issue I found that the SVG formatting passes the
   W3 validator. When I passed the SVG code into the validator by itself I get two
   warnings (not errors), those warnings go away when the SVG is used within the
   HTML document.
 * While reading the SVG documentation you suggested, I found that the current SVG
   structure used in the plugin is correct, so long as its used as HTML which is
   how the plugin is using it.
 *  [dacotawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dacotawp/)
 * (@dacotawp)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16204034)
 * I can see w3 validator errors with this scheme urls, e.g. [https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.nixys.ru](https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fdev.nixys.ru)
 * This site uses latest versions of Contact Form/Contact Form Image Capture plugins.
 * It show error:
    Error: Bad value [https://www.w3.org/2000/svg](https://www.w3.org/2000/svg)
   for the attribute xmlns (only [http://www.w3.org/2000/svg](http://www.w3.org/2000/svg)
   permitted here).
 * e=”bot” /><svg width=”50″ height=”50″ aria-hidden=”true” role=”img” xmlns=”[https://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221](https://www.w3.org/2000/svg&#8221);
   viewBox=”0 0 576 512″><path
 * and warning:
    Warning: Attribute xmlns is not serializable as XML 1.0. for the
   same tag.
 * If I replaced https to http manually, errors and warnings disappeared.
 *  [Kyle Charlton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktc_88/)
 * (@ktc_88)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16205066)
 * Interesting, those errors never appeared in the validation tests I performed.
   
   It looks to be an issue primary between “http” vs “https”. I will correct this
   in the next update.
 *  [Kyle Charlton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ktc_88/)
 * (@ktc_88)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16205193)
 * I have released an update to fix the issue, please update to version 3.3.1.
 *  [dacotawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dacotawp/)
 * (@dacotawp)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16205329)
 * Thank you for fast response and fix, it validates perfectly now!

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-81/#post-16205329)
 * Status: resolved