- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:09:30 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Sean Fraser <sean@elementary-group.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Sean Fraser wrote: > On Sat Jun 16 18:47 , Ian Hickson sent: > > > > Conforming HTML4 and XHTML1 docs will not become non-conforming HTML4 > > and XHTML1 docs. They'll remain conforming HTML4 and XHTML1 docs. They > > won't be conforming HTML5 docs because they aren't HTML5 docs in the > > first place. I don't see this as a problem. > > If a document is conforming HTML 4 (with the appropriate doctype used) > but the doctype were changed to an HTML5 doctype and passed HTML5 > conformance checking, that document would be both HTML4 and HTML5 > conforming. In many cases yes (there are also many cases where that's not the case, as HTML5 closes a number of loopholes that were in HTML4). > I'm curious. What makes an HTML5 document an HTML5 document? I don't understand the question. What do you mean? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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