If you do content negotiation to send html/text and XHTML 1.0 to IE and
application/xhtml+xml XHTML to anyone else then you're effectivly using
XHTML 1.0 html/text as you'd never be able to make use of the modular XML
nature of XHTML 1.1.
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From: "Nikita The Spider The Spider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: [WSG] XHTML 1.1 & CSS3 - Is it worth using right now?
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone use XHTML 1.1
Of the doctypes that my validator Nikita saw in one sample period,
just slightly over 2% were XHTML 1.1. It's worth noting that most, if
not all, were sent with the wrong media type.
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/articles/ByTheNumbers/#doctypes
and does it provide any benefits?
Well, compared to what? HTML 4.01 Strict, XHTML 1.0 Transitional or
XHTML 1.0 Strict?
Is there a reason why not many sites adopt this Doctype and is there any
point using right now if your site is 1.0 Strict?
One big impediment to using XHTML 1.1 is that it must be sent with the
application/xhtml+xml media type which makes IE6 choke. That implies
that the server has to do content negotiation in order to send
text/html with one doctype (HTML or XHTML 1.0) to IE users and
application/xhtml+xml/XHTML 1.1 to everyone else. That means you're
generating two copies of all of your content unless you're willing to
refuse IE users. Does this sound appealing yet?
Furthermore, content negotiation itself is some work to get done
correctly, even ignoring the cost of generating both two versions of
one's content.
Given the extra work required to support XHTML 1.1, there would have
to be some pretty darn compelling reasons to use it, and those reasons
just aren't there for most people. There's quite enough people who
question the use of XHTML 1.0 over HTML (I'm one of them), let alone
XHTML 1.1.
About XHTML and media types:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-media-types/#summary
HTH
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Philip
http://NikitaTheSpider.com/
Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more
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