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Posted by Jim Higson on 05/03/06 21:25
David Dorward wrote:
> Jim Higson wrote:
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>> If you want the document to be HTML, close using </foo>
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> No, don't.
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> The META element
> Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4
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> Document relationships: the LINK element
> Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.3
Ok. It'd been so long since I'd coded using HTML.
>> If you want the document to be XHTML, you can use either.
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> Not if you plan to serve as text/html
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_2
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_3
The debate continues...
My argument is that as an optimist I like to code for the good browsers and
then do what I can to make up for deficiencies in the bad one. In this case
that means sending XHTML with the correct MIME type to everything except
IE. Just like I send standards-compliant CSS to everything but IE.
Anyway, the arguments about not serving XHTML as text/html are good ones,
but my preference is to fall back on parsing tolerance in the crusty
non-xhtml browser rather than worry about having to convert all my pages to
XHMTL in the future.
--
Jim
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