[whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Darxus
Am I correct in concluding that my best option is to create my own HTML5 DTD, and use a DOCTYPE along the lines of: !DOCTYPE html SYSTEM http://www.chaosreigns.com/DTD/html5.dtd; ? Can the HTML5 spec be modified slightly to say that this sort of thing complies? (

Re: [whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 2:21 PM, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: Am I correct in concluding that my best option is to create my own HTML5 DTD, and use a DOCTYPE along the lines of: !DOCTYPE html SYSTEM http://www.chaosreigns.com/DTD/html5.dtd; ? Can the HTML5 spec be modified slightly to say

Re: [whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Darxus
On 07/21, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: HTML5 is not an SGML or XML language. It does not use a DOCTYPE in I thought HTML5 conformed to XML? any way. The !DOCTYPE HTML incantation required at the top of HTML5 pages serves the sole purpose of tricking older browsers into rendering the document as

Re: [whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:02 PM, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: On 07/21, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: HTML5 is not an SGML or XML language.  It does not use a DOCTYPE in I thought HTML5 conformed to XML? Nope. HTML5 offers an XML serialization, but it is not an XML language. any way.  The

Re: [whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Eduard Pascual
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: On 07/21, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: HTML5 is not an SGML or XML language.  It does not use a DOCTYPE in I thought HTML5 conformed to XML? any way.  The !DOCTYPE HTML incantation required at the top of HTML5 pages serves the sole

Re: [whatwg] Create my own DTD and specify in DOCTYPE? Re: Validation

2009-07-21 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:10 PM, dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: On 07/21, Eduard Pascual wrote: in your body and there you go. Your validator should be made aware of what is supported on each subset you are using, and you will be able to squeeze the most from each browser you whish to support,