Tried to validate my page, I have an error on my <script> tag, missing attribute?

Question

Line 207, Column 50: Required attributes missing on element script.

   <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

Element-specific attributes for element script:
    Global attributes
    src
    async
    defer
    type
    charset 

What is it that I am missing? Thankyou

Edit: This is for all of my handwritten code, I don't want it connecting to an external js file

Answer 1

Seams legit. Maybe something to do with what you have inside the <script>?

Content model:
If there is no src attribute, depends on the value of the type attribute, but must match script content restrictions.

Answer 2

See this piece of the XHTML strict DTD

<!ELEMENT script (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST script
  id          ID             #IMPLIED
  charset     %Charset;      #IMPLIED
  type        %ContentType;  #REQUIRED
  src         %URI;          #IMPLIED
  defer       (defer)        #IMPLIED
  xml:space   (preserve)     #FIXED 'preserve'
  >

The only required attribute is type. The problem lies in another part of your code, please paste it here.

Answer 3

works fine for me.. This document was successfully checked as HTML 4.0 Transitional!

Answer 4

To fix it all I had to do was remove the charset attribute. :)