> So what if HTML6 will eventually come up? How are validators supposed to > behave? > > Shouldn't the HTML5 doctype tag contain a simple version information at > least?
Not sure whether anyone compiled a standard answer to this (it has come up a number of times), but check the WHATWG FAQ at <http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ> (look for DOCTYPE and versions) and what Ian wrote in this post about a living standard, as opposed to a snapshot-based (versioned) system: <https://plus.google.com/107429617152575897589/posts/NZBJe6Jjt1f>. -- Jens O. Meiert http://meiert.com/en/