[thelist] What is DOCTYPE?

Tamara Abbey abbey at abbeyink.com
Tue Feb 19 11:06:01 CST 2002


At 10:32 AM 2/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I've seen mentioned on this newsletter various problems with including
>DOCTYPE in HTML, but I don't really understand why that is.  I've also
>recently read somewhere (the site escapes me) a workaround that included not
>putting in the full URL in the DOCTYPE declaration.  Could someone please
>explain in more detail what DOCTYPE does and when and when not to use it?
>Does using DOCTYPE automatically validate your code with the W3?

http://developer.apple.com/internet/html/doctype.html

I received this link from theList -- it's got to be the clearest
explanation I've seen and the examples are great.

HTH




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