- From: Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils-dagsson-moskopp@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:48:14 +0200
Am Montag, den 20.07.2009, 15:01 -0400 schrieb Darxus at ChaosReigns.com: > Why is it okay for a document to not specify its HTML version? Because HTML 5 is designed with upwards-compatibility in mind. HTML 6 browsers should read HTML 5 documents just fine. > Do all browsers ignore it? All modern browsers skip into standards mode on encountering "<!DOCTYPE html>". > How should a validator handle lack of HTML version info when the next > standard is released with no DOCTYPE? I assume the validator will probably check for a current version of HTML. Most of the older versions of HTML are subsets of current versions. Cheers -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
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