- From: Olivier Thereaux <ot@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 17:19:51 +0900
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: www-qa@w3.org
hello Dan, Thanks for the feedback on this draft tip (it is a draft, isn't it... checking, yes.) On Monday, Dec 2, 2002, at 15:01 Asia/Tokyo, Dan Connolly wrote: > > I found this draft tip: > > Don't forget to add a doctype - Quality Web Tips > http://www.w3.org/2001/06tips/Doctype > Does anybody have any evidence that > "browsers may not behave correctly if you > don't set a proper Doctype"? As far as I know, the last generation of browsers have two modes, the "this document is valid I will behave nicely" mode, and the "damn, no doctype, I'll see what I can do" mode (aka quirk mode). Not that they differ wildly, but if developers keep following this trend, the difference may become sensible. > I think HTML documents should begin > like this... > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> > <head> How is this relevant to the QA tip about doctypes? XHTML1.0 second edition, section 3.1.1, point 4, and HTML 4.01 section 7.2 both say "Use a doctype". If you want to change this, fine by me, but this is for www-html, not here. > The best motivation I can find is... > > A doctype will allow you to use widely-deployed > DTD-based tools (such as this validation service) > to find likely errors in your document. This is a good one, and I will add it. Thank you. -- Olivier
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