- From: Lachlan Hunt via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:37:45 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/html-author In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv6398 Modified Files: Overview.html Overview.src.html Log Message: Describing the purpose of the DOCTYPE Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html-author/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.23 retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -d -r1.23 -r1.24 --- Overview.html 29 Jan 2009 15:55:47 -0000 1.23 +++ Overview.html 29 Jan 2009 16:37:43 -0000 1.24 @@ -197,8 +197,12 @@ </div> <p>It's good practice to get in the habit of always typing that as the - first line in all new HTML documents you create. This line is used - to indicate that the document is an HTML 5 document</p> + first line in all new HTML documents you create, so that it never + gets forgotten. The DOCTYPE is a remnant from the early days of the + web. For historical reasons, it is needed to ensure that web browsers + interpret the document correctly, rather than using a special + compatibility mode designed to replicate the behaviour of older + browsers, which is intended for handling legacy HTML content.</p> <p></p> Index: Overview.src.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html-author/Overview.src.html,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -d -r1.24 -r1.25 --- Overview.src.html 29 Jan 2009 15:54:12 -0000 1.24 +++ Overview.src.html 29 Jan 2009 16:37:43 -0000 1.25 @@ -177,8 +177,12 @@ </div> <p>It's good practice to get in the habit of always typing that as the - first line in all new HTML documents you create. This line is used - to indicate that the document is an HTML 5 document</p> + first line in all new HTML documents you create, so that it never + gets forgotten. The DOCTYPE is a remnant from the early days of the + web. For historical reasons, it is needed to ensure that web browsers + interpret the document correctly, rather than using a special + compatibility mode designed to replicate the behaviour of older + browsers, which is intended for handling legacy HTML content.</p> <p></p>
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