Some HTML user agents are unable to interpret boolean attributes when these appear in their full (non-minimized) form, as required by XML 1.0. Note this problem doesn't affect user agents compliant with HTML 4. The following attributes are involved:
compact,nowrap,ismap,declare,noshade,checked,disabled,readonly,multiple,selected,noresize,defer.
So what happens when you try to mess with the standard? :-)
<input type="checkbox" checked="unchecked">:
Invalid of course, but both Firefox and Opera check the checkbox by default.