- From: Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:41:56 +0100
Dnia 15-12-2007, So o godzinie 11:41 +0100, Maik Merten pisze: > Krzysztof ?elechowski schrieb: > > Dnia 14-12-2007, Pt o godzinie 19:47 +0100, Maik Merten pisze: > >> Krzysztof ?elechowski schrieb: > >>> Remember the "-" in DOCTYPE HTML? > >> Feel free to be more specific. > > > > That prefix means that HTML DOCTYPE is not issued by an officially > > recognised standards body. If W3C were such an organisation, we would > > have a "+" there instead. > > And does that matter in any way in practice? More freedom for the consortium, I think, and less influence. For example, a law is more likely to refer to an ANSI standard. > > The W3C is the de-facto sole maintainer of many technologies the web > depends on. People love to use the term "web standards" in conjunction > with W3C recommendations. It is all right to be imprecise sometimes. Chris
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