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Re: Version information

From: Simon Pieters <zcorpan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:41:55 +0200
To: "Henrik Dvergsdal" <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>, public-html@w3.org
Message-ID: <op.tqow75oi7a8kvn@hp-a0a83fcd39d2> 

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:31:31 +0200, Henrik Dvergsdal  
<henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no> wrote:

>> Why? <!doctype html> is a 34 bytes shorter way to trigger standards  
>> mode.
>
>
> Because that wouldn't be a valid SGML/XML doctype.

1. It is a valid SGML doctype (FWIW).
2. You don't need a doctype in XML.
3. HTML5 is not SGML.

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Simon Pieters
Received on Thursday, 12 April 2007 21:41:55 GMT

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