SVG should not require <style type>

The following document produces an error, but I believe it shouldn't.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 500 300" width="500" height="300" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet">
  <style>
    * { fill: blue }
  </style>
</svg>

Line 4, Column 9: required attribute "type" not specified in <style> The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element. Typical values for type are type="text/css" for

w3c / markup-validator

SVG should not require <style type> #46