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Shorter way of specifying HTML 4.01 Strict

Answer 1

+7 A:

Nope, if there were a shorter version we would all be using it. :) The short type you are referring to is HTML 5.

Pekka 2009-12-11 15:30:34

Oh! Isn't there no strict, frameset or transitional versions in HTML 5?

Senthil 2009-12-11 15:31:41

Nope. HTML 5 does away with that complexity. Of course it's also not truly a finished spec at the moment, so maybe if we're unlucky we'll get those in the future.

ShZ 2009-12-11 15:39:58

HTML5 doesn't specify DTD or any other form of validation as part of the spec. What conformance checkers exist (and as ShZ said, we're far from having a locked-down language at this point) are unofficial ad-hoc analysis tools. As such the phrase “valid HTML5” may be essentially meaningless.

bobince 2009-12-11 15:56:04

bobince: that's just FUD. HTML5 explicitly defines conformance criteria for conformance checkers / validators. See http://www.whatwg.org/html5/#conformance-checkers . validator.nu and validator.w3.org are excellent tools already.

Ms2ger 2009-12-11 18:00:08

Answer 2

A:

If you want your HTML to be validated you will at least need to specify an (url to) a DTD...

I think you maybe could leave out the public name, maybe be changing the keyword PUBLIC to SYSTEM. But i'm not quite sure about this...

EDIT: Why is this voted down?? The question was for HTML 4, not for 5...

Nicky De Maeyer 2009-12-11 15:31:12

So, even in HTML 5, for it to be validated by tools such as W3 validator, it needs to have a DTD url?

Senthil 2009-12-11 15:34:23

senthil: Nope. HTML5 isn't that insane.

Ms2ger 2009-12-11 17:56:05

Answer 3

+1 A:

Nope. I'm afraid that's the only way to specify using HTML 4.01 Strict.

Daniel May 2009-12-11 15:31:28

Answer 4

+1 A:

Don't think there's a shorter way of specifying a HTML 4.0 Strict Doctype, which is a pretty specific document type. The doctype you gave would be valid for HTML 5, which may well be a good choice for a new site anyway.

David Heggie 2009-12-11 15:31:42

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