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which DOCTYPE variation should we use?

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Which DOCTYPE declaration should we use?

I have read a number of books on DOCTYPE declaration and the three variations; strict, transitional and frameset.

but is still not able to fully understand their difference and indeed is not sure which variation I should use when creating my website; in particular i don't understand the difference between strict and transitional.

could you please advise me?

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I always use this:

http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

Evan Mulawski  2010-10-22 20:42:59
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In HTML5 which will be supported in most browsers soon, you just have to declare your doctype as "html". It'll look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
Nike  2010-10-22 20:43:32

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