Comments on: HTML5: The DOCTYPE Declaration http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/07/08/html5-the-doctype-declaration/ Tips, web design book reviews, resources and observations for teaching and learning web development. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zcorpan http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/07/08/html5-the-doctype-declaration/comment-page-1/#comment-6145 zcorpan Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:57:06 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2844#comment-6145 "The W3C states that no DOCTYPE is needed with XHTML, however, if you use one it must be in a form like the second example given." No, it the short form is also allowed, or any other well-formed doctype for that matter. The legacy doctype is only recommended in text/html when using a tool that cannot emit the short doctype. The recommendation for XHTML5 is to omit the doctype. “The W3C states that no DOCTYPE is needed with XHTML, however, if you use one it must be in a form like the second example given.”

No, it the short form is also allowed, or any other well-formed doctype for that matter.

The legacy doctype is only recommended in text/html when using a tool that cannot emit the short doctype.

The recommendation for XHTML5 is to omit the doctype.

]]> By: vdebolt http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/07/08/html5-the-doctype-declaration/comment-page-1/#comment-6108 vdebolt Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:23:16 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2844#comment-6108 Thanks, Shelley. Appreciate the clarification. Thanks, Shelley. Appreciate the clarification.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/07/08/html5-the-doctype-declaration/comment-page-1/#comment-6107 Shelley Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:48:43 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2844#comment-6107 One clarification: the doctype is not recommended for XHTML 5, but this is based on the assumption that XHTML 5 is served with the MIME type of application/xhtml+xml. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Shelleys last blog post.. <a href="http://burningbird.net/node/16" rel="nofollow">On XHTML2 and HTML5</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> One clarification: the doctype is not recommended for XHTML 5, but this is based on the assumption that XHTML 5 is served with the MIME type of application/xhtml+xml.

Shelleys last blog post.. On XHTML2 and HTML5

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