[Bug 16253] New: Shuffle the wording on doctypes

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16253

           Summary: Shuffle the wording on doctypes
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 differences from HTML4 (editor: Anne van
                    Kesteren)
        AssignedTo: simonp@opera.com
        ReportedBy: simonp@opera.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org, annevk@opera.com


"The HTML syntax of HTML5 requires a doctype to be specified to ensure that the
browser renders the page in standards mode. The doctype has no other purpose
and is therefore optional for XML. Documents with an XML media type are always
handled in standards mode."

The sentence "The doctype has no other purpose and is therefore optional for
XML." doesn't make sense -- it doesn't follow that it's optional in XML. The
"and is therefore optional in XML" should be part of the next sentence instead.

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Received on Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:23:33 UTC