- From: Robert Leif <rleif@rleif.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:07:03 -0700
- To: "'Edward O'Connor'" <eoconnor@apple.com>, <public-html-xml@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <030f01cc9078$729abac0$57d03040$@rleif.com>
Edward, I believe that technically you are correct. However, http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp HTML <!DOCTYPE> Declaration Definition and Usage The doctype declaration should be the very first thing in an HTML document, before the <html> tag. The doctype declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of the markup language the page is written in. The doctype declaration refers to a Document Type Definition (DTD). The DTD specifies the rules for the markup language, so that the browsers render the content correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/ I believe that the following is the evidence that proves your statement: With HTML5 this is no longer the case and the DOCTYPE is only needed to enable standards mode for documents written using the HTML syntax. Browsers already do this for <!DOCTYPE html>. In short, we need to state that the only purpose of the DOCTYPE declaration is to communicate to the browser the format of the document. This leads to the question, what should one put in the first line for an XHTML5 page? The problem is that it is probably not economically feasible under the present circumstances to create a full schema that describes html5 and thus provides xhtml5, which would then use <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> or similar statement. Therefore, essentially some sort of add-on is needed to extend html5 to provide the functionality of xhtml5. -----Original Message----- From: public-html-xml-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-xml-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Edward O'Connor Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 3:07 PM To: public-html-xml@w3.org Subject: Re: HTML/XML TF report introductory text Hi Robert, You wrote: >>> I used the DTD because that is what has been specified for HTML5 and >>> XHTML5. David replied: > Specified by whom? the HTML5 spec (unlike previous versions) does not > specify any DTD. and you replied: > XMLSpy does. When one creates a new HTML5 document, it produces > <!DOCTYPE html> You seem to be confusing doctypes and DTDs. HTML5 has a doctype, but does not have a DTD. Ted
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