Re: Legacy Doctype and Doctype Versioning

On Jan 19, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Lachlan Hunt wrote:

> Larry Masinter wrote:
>> Are there documents that are conforming to HTML 4.01 but are also "quirks mode"?
> 
> Yes.  From the spec, these two trigger quirks mode:
> 
> *  The system identifier is missing and the public identifier starts with: "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//"
> * The system identifier is missing and the public identifier starts with: "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//"
> 
> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dfnReturnLink-6

I suspect most people know this, but just to be clear, the HTML 4.01 Strict DTD will *not* trigger quirks mode.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Thursday, 21 January 2010 03:15:36 UTC