- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:50:16 +0100
- To: "Dominique Hazael-Massieux" <dom@w3.org>
- Cc: "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
Hi, Can http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html be updated? I have several concerns: * It lists doctypes, not DTDs. * The template uses lang=en but people use the template for other languages without changing lang. (Adding text to encourage people to change lang doesn't really help since people copy examples and don't read text.) * The template includes the XML declaration, which triggers quirks mode in IE6. * The template uses a meta tag that has no effect in most browsers and is invalid in HTML5. * The three doctypes for HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 are written after each other, causing people to copy-paste all three. * It recommends doctypes that I would not recommend. I would recommend (for text/html) one of HTML5, HTML 4.01 Strict or possibly XHTML 1.0 Strict. (For XML I would recommend no doctype.) * "List of DTDs for the CSS validator." seems like a bogus empty section that should be removed. * "Authoring tools MUST NOT use the following list." seems out of place and should probably also be removed. Cheers, -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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