The DOCTYPE directive

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The DOCTYPE directive

The DOCTYPE directive is an SGML construct that identifies the type of the document as being HTML. This should be:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3O//DTD W3 HTML 2.0//EN'>

If the DOCTYPE directive is missing, this information should be assumed by browsers compliant with HTML version 2.0 or later.

[ITCP] Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
Note: this HTML document was generated in December 1994 directly from the LaTeX source files using LaTeX2HTML. It was formatted into our standard page layout using the Template Toolkit. The document is mainly of historical interest as obviously many of the sites mentioned have long since disappeared.