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Re: [CSS21] HTML 4.0 versus HTML 4.01

From: Matthew Raymond <mattraymond@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:12:30 -0400
Message-ID: <42D656AE.9050407@earthlink.net>
To: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
CC: www-style@w3.org 

Karl Dubost wrote:
> In the document, I see references to HTML 4.0
[Snip!]
> The last version of HTML 4 is HTML 4.01
> HTML 4.01 Specification
> 
> W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224
> 
> Is there any reasons for this choice?

    Yeah. It's the most recent version of HTML 4, just like CSS 2.1 is 
the most recent revision of CSS 2. The spec writers clearly wanted to 
refer to the most recent subversion of HTML 4.0, rather than the initial 
HTML 4.0 specification.
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