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Re: Root element specified by DTD ?

From: Peter Flynn <peter.nosp@-.--------.-->
To: NULL
Date: 6/3/2006 9:41:00 PM

Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> Peter Flynn <peter.nosp@m...> scripsit:
> 
>>> Is this fragment a valid HTML document ?
>>
>> Yes, perfectly.
> 
> No, it is a valid SGML document, but it is not an HTML document, as 
> defined in HTML specifications. 

Yes, if you need to reference the HTML Spec in addition to the DTD.

> That would indicate the validity, but the HTML 4.01 specification 
> requires that one of three specific DOCTYPE declarations be used - not 
> just that one of three DTDs be used. 

That's why it is unenforceable by a standard parser.  Only browsers
implement this requirement, and they are not conforming SGML
applications.

> And this isn't one of them. 
> Moreover, the specification explicitly says:
> "After document type declaration, the remainder of an HTML document is 
> contained by the HTML element."
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.3

I'm not clear why you were asking this question if you already knew
the answer.

///Peter


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