Corrections to Chapter 5:
HTML Sourcebook, Second Edition

[1] Page 259, mid-page (line 11)

Paragraph should begin: "The optional attributes ALIGN, CLEAR, NOWRAP and MD ..."

[1] Page 264, description of CREDIT

Ooops -- Figures 5.2--5.4 illustrate the CAPTION element, not CREDIT. Sorry.

[1] Page 281, description of TYPE="reset"

Should read: In HTML 3, the SRC attribute is allowed in a TYPE="reset" ...."

[1] Page 283, error in SELECT code example at top of page

The SRC attribute is used to use an image in a select element -- not IMG, as implied in the extract. The correct SELECT start tag is:
     <SELECT NAME="python_character" SRC="monty_p.gif" ALIGN="left">

[1] Page 287, description of LH element, second sentence

Sentence should begin: "LH can be inside any of the HTML 3 list elements, and must ...."

[1] Page 289, mid-page.

Note that DIR lists could also be specified using <UL PLAIN WRAP=HORIZ>: this simply changes the way the items are ordered into the columns.

[1] Page 306, Figure 5.8.

The coding for the LANG element is in error -- LANG must always take a LANG attribute with an associated value (e.g. <LANG LANG="en">. (See page 309)

[1] Page 309, INS Element description, sixth line.

Should read: "... toggle the inserted text in and out ..."

Credits

[1]: Courtesy of Wayne Garvin