- From: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:31:26 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 05:21 AM 09/12/2002, John Foliot wrote: >Most user agents today will interpret HTML with or without the DTD, so from >a practical "will it still work without" perspective, it's generally not an >issue. Today however some user agents (IE5+, Netscape6+) will interpret the HTML and CSS in different ways if the DTD is present versus absent. Typically without a DTD the UA will try to emulate past old, buggy behavior in previous versions of itself, where with a current, correct DTD it will follow the standards more correctly. So to get consistent results that you can count on, including a DTD can be very important. Bill Mason Accessible Internet w3c@accessibleinter.net http://www.accessibleinter.net/
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