<!DOCTYPE> tag

by "MC B" <mc_b2(at)hotmail.com>

Date:	Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:57:19 GMT
To:	hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
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Hello Fellow Members!

Let me go on with a very basic question.

I want to write code which validates, and I know that the kind of <!DOCTYPE> 
I insert makes the difference...

Now my questions:

1 -  I have seen pages whose <!DOCTYPE> contain a URL, like

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0  Transitional//EN"       
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> (from HWG home page)

AND other pages where no URL is specified, like

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">

Are they both correct?

2 - I know there are 3 "kinds" of spec: loose, transitional, strict.
  How do I choose amongst them?

Thanks in Advance to anyone who'll be so kind to give me advice (pls cc me, 
I am on the Digest).

Merry Xmas

Cris
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