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Re: Transitional validation Problem

by Andreas Prilop-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Tue, 15 May 2007, Hamish wrote:

> I have been trying to work out what's wrong with the following Document type
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

It is stupid!
If you want XHTML 1.0 (for new pages), then use XHTML 1.0 Strict.
If you need Transitional (for old pages), then stick with
HTML 4 Transitional.

XHTML 1.0 Transitional is a clueless-indicator.

The real difference is between "Strict" and "Transitional",
not between HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0. You should make an effort
to write "Strict" pages: HTML 4 Strict or XHTML 1.0 Strict.

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