Re: XHTML - ?

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Benoit <pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: XHTML - ?


> Lotta discussion about XML/XHTML/HTML etc...
>
> I have a question or three.
>
> It seems to me that from reading the XHTML specs, that XHTML isn't a
> substition for HTML, but rather a means for other devices to access web
> pages.

No XHTML is a development of HTML

 Not the extreme cut down version that the WAP provides, but a happy
> medium for portable devices like PDA's.  Where as HTML will continue to
> expand and take advantage of the power of desktop computers,

No, there will be no more HTML specs. HTML4.0 is the last HTML spec. Future
specs will be XHTML specs.

 XHTML will
> provide a similar document without all the bells and whistles.  Anyone
else
> get this vibe?

XHTML can do everything that HTML can do-- and more
>
> Concerning frames.  On one had it appears that XHTML has no support for
> frames what-so-ever.  On the other hand there is a frameset.dtd available.
> Could someone enlighten me?

Frames are allowed in XHTML. Same syntax as HTML

>
> Commenting out your <script>'s seemed a common practice for backwards
> compatability with browsers that didn't understand scripts.  XHTML parser
> apparently will quietly ignore anything between these comment tags, thus
> your script won't work (so much for backwards compatability).  Beyond
server
> side solutions, should we be worried about this "problem"?

XML parsers are not required to pass comments through to the parser, but in
fact all XHTML parsers do, so essentially you can carry on using scripts in
just the same way as before, however there is no guarentee that future
parsers will carry on doing this. It is in fact better practice to put
scripts in external files.

(If you are interested in the technical discussion reasons as to why there
is a 'script' problem, have a look at the XML spec.)
>
> -Pete
>

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