>>> I thought XHTML transitional _is_ XML. In what way is XHTML >>> transitional is a "less strict data format"? >> >> It's a transition. It's a half-way house between HTML 4 and XHTML as it >> is intended (XHTML Strict).
> No its not. There is no such thing as a half-way house between HTML 4 > and XHTML. Sure there is. That's what it's meant to be anyway. What else does 'Transitional' mean? - It's a bridge between what people were used to to something newer. Which is why it's the same as XHTML Strict, just with a generous helping of 'old' elements to ease the transition. > XHTML defines "a reformulation of HTML 4 as an XML 1.0 application, and > three DTDs corresponding to the ones defined by HTML 4" > http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/#abstract > The difference between a "strict" and a "transitionl" DTD (eg HTML4.01 > Strict and HTML4.01 Transitional) is that the strict DTD has > depreciated elements and attributes removed.. There you go. ---------------- Patrick Griffiths (PTG) http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/ http://www.htmldog.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
