I'm thinking a customization variable XML_OUTPUT_MODE
-c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "html"
[current default]
Generate HTML files, with .html file names.
Follow HTML specification and recommendations.
-c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "xhtml"
Generate XHTML files (i.e. XML), with .xhtml file names.
Follow XHTML specification.
-c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "polyglot" [or many "compatible"]
[maybe future default?]
generate HTML files with .html extension, and no <?xml?> declaration,
but in a way that would be XML-compatible - i.e. following "polyglot" markup.
In both "xhtml" and "polyglot" modes we do:
(1) Don't uses named entities except the builtin XML ones.
(2) Close all tags. Where HTML prohibits separate closing tags,
use the XML shorthand, e.g. <hr/> . This works everywhere I've tried it.
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--Per Bothner
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