Michael Ball wrote:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML5>
Although HTML 5 consciously breaks away from HTML's SGML legacy, in
SGML terms, the first component of a document type declaration (i.e.
the first thing after "!DOCTYPE") defines the document's root element
name. So if you used "<!DOCTYPE HTML5>" then SGML tools would expect
the document to be wrapped in "<html5>...</html5>" tags instead of
"<html>...</html>".
In HTML 4, it's technically possible to use elements other than
<html> as the root element. See this example:
http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/div.html
Of course, browsers don't do strict SGML parsing, so the above
document is actually parsed as if it had <html> and <body> elements
wrapping it.
--
Toby A Inkster
<mailto:[email protected]>
<http://tobyinkster.co.uk>
