Re: [whatwg] Doctype conformance requirements
On Sun, 7 May 2006, Simon Pieters wrote: The conformance requirements section[1] states that: HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification and that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html and must start with the following DOCTYPE: !DOCTYPE html. So, if I read this correctly, HTML documents that aren't served over the wire need not have a doctype? Fixed. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E)\._.,--,'``.fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A/, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
[whatwg] Doctype conformance requirements
Hi, The conformance requirements section[1] states that: /HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification //and that are //served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html and must //start with the //following DOCTYPE: !DOCTYPE html. / So, if I read this correctly, HTML documents that aren't served over the wire need not have a doctype? If it was intended that all HTML documents must have a doctype, then I suggest something along the following lines instead: HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification must start with the following DOCTYPE: !DOCTYPE html. Such documents that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html. [1] http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#conformance Regards, Simon Pieters Simon, You do not read it correctly. If A then B does not imply If not A then not B by rules of logic. A correct conclusion is: If a document is not send as text/html and it does not start with the doctype: !DOCTYPE html it is not served over the wire. Although your conclusion was not correct, I agree that the rephrasement does cover the intention better. The section as it is stated now does not say whether or not a document not served over the wire should have a doctype or not. So +1 -jorgen
[whatwg] Doctype conformance requirements
Hi, The conformance requirements section[1] states that: HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification and that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html and must start with the following DOCTYPE: !DOCTYPE html. So, if I read this correctly, HTML documents that aren't served over the wire need not have a doctype? If it was intended that all HTML documents must have a doctype, then I suggest something along the following lines instead: HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification must start with the following DOCTYPE: !DOCTYPE html. Such documents that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html. [1] http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#conformance Regards, Simon Pieters
