What is the doctype for this type of markup? 


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allred(at)its.state.ms.us wrote:

>Sorry if this is a duplicate of a message I sent from another address.
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>Adrian,
>
>The instruction is literal, but it is slightly different from what appears
>in your message. Use <br /> and be sure to include the space. This same
>thing applies to all so-called "empty" elements, like <hr>, which would
>become <hr />. Under XHTML and XML, this will not be allowed. The reason
is
>that, in order to create a "well formed" document, EVERY element will have
>to be terminated. Older versions of HTML have and do allow certain
elements
>to go unterminated, like <p>, <td>, and <li>, but these versions of HTML
>have no requirement for "well-formedness." As a matter of fact, you will
>generate errors in the user's browser for this oversight.
>
>For more see:
>http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#diffs
>
>Regards,
>----
>John Allred
>Information Technology Services
>mailto:allred(at)its.state.ms.us
>
>"Words differently arranged have a different meaning,
>and meanings differently arranged have different effects."
>    -- Blaise Pascal
>
>
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>                    Adrian Harris
                                
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>                    05/23/2000 03:37
                                
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>Hi,
>the information in the latest Newsletter on making HTML code XML
compatible
>is excellent, but I have one query:
>It says:
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>Use <br/ > instead of <br>
>
>Does this mean exactly what is says? Or is it shorthand to mean:
>Use <br> </br> instead of <br>?
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>Thanks!
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>Best wishes,
>Adrian Harris.
>
>http://www.gn.apc.org/design

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BGS Group Inc.

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