- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:03:20 -0500
- To: Murray Maloney <murray@muzmo.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Received on Saturday, 14 April 2007 16:03:33 UTC
On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 10:55 -0400, Murray Maloney wrote: > > > >Ian Hickson wrote: > >>>If we use the "short" doctype <!DOCTYPE html> we will confuse people who > >>>are used to xml, sgml and/or html4. > >>The group of authors that would be confused is far, far outnumbered by > >>the group of authors who would find the shorter DOCTYPE a significant > >>improvement and simplification. > >> > > If you aren't going to use a <!DOCTYPE properly, then please don't use it. > <!DOCTYPE is an important token in SGML and XML. If you aren't intending > to conform with SGML and XML, please do not use <!DOCTYPE. The cute thing about <!DOCTYPE html> is that it does conform to XML. This is a well-formed XML document: ---8<--- <!DOCTYPE doc> <doc /> ---8<--- (also attached for testing directly with web-based tools.) -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29E
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