- From: Paul Prescod <papresco@technologist.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:07:57 -0500
- To: Joe English <joe@trystero.art.com>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Joe English wrote: > Have you considered using two different root element types? > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> > <!-- "normal" document ... --> > > <!DOCTYPE FRAMEDOC PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> > <!-- "frameset" document ... --> That was my idea when I first saw frames. They are really a very different "document type" than your typical HTML document. This is why we are running into these implied start tag problems. Any "real" HTML document has a single required BODY, so it is convenient to leave off the tags. I have no precise definition for what is a "real" document but any document class that requires radical changes to the HTML DTD and where instances of the class use a radically different mix of elements and attributes should probably be a "different" document type with its own different, but related DTD. We might find that letting the two evolve separately will allow some innovations in FRAMES that would have been difficult as part of HTML. Paul Prescod
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