On 02/08/12 18:49, Philip TAYLOR wrote:
that if a page validates against the DTD given in
the DOCTYPE directive, then it is more likely to
be parsed and rendered correctly than if it does not.
OK, then define "parsed and rendered correctly". Or, put another way:
where is the parsing process for a text file conforming to HTML4's DTD
defined so that we can judge the correctness of a given browser's
parsing behaviour?
I prefer not to offer any observations
on the probable behaviour of pages written to conform to the
current draft recommendation since that recommendation could
change at any time.
Since the spec is based on what browser actually do, the only way it
will change 'at any time' is if all the major browsers suddenly changed
their behaviour. If the spec didn't change at that time, because it was
a Recommendation or whatever, would you write your documents to conform
to the spec or to conform to what browsers actually did?
Rob
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