Validating HTML 3.2 pages, like it’s 1997
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Like any typical developer in 2014, I'm finding myself validating some HTML 3.2 documents. Unfortuantely, we're back to the old issue of conflicting DOCTYPE declarations.
The official W3C HTML 3.2 Reference Specification uses the following:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
This American university document suggests this:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN//ENC">
Both of these will pass the W3C Validator, but with the following warning:
For this document, the information available was not sufficient to determine the parsing mode unambiguously, because [..] the Document Type (-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN) is not in the validator's catalog
On a hunch, I refactored it into this, and the validator was happy. The Web Design Group also recommends it:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
No need to lavish praise, your silent appreciation is more than enough. Unless, you want to put me on your webring or something.
