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What is XHTML? n XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language n n XHTML

The problem with HTML n n n HTML started out as a way of

HTML vs. XML looks a lot like HTML, but-HTML uses a fixed set of

From HTML to XHTML, I n XHTML elements must be properly nested <b><i>bold and

From HTML to XHTML, II n Attribute names must also be in lower case

SGML and DTDs n n SGML stands for “Standard Generalized Markup Language” HTML, XML

DOCTYPE declaration, I n Every XHTML document must begin with one of the DOCTYPE

DOCTYPE declaration, II n The three main DTDs are as follows: n Strict n

An XHTML Example n <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W 3 C//DTD XHTML 1. 0 Strict//EN"

Tools n n Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY http: //www. w 3. org/People/Raggett/tidy/ is a

Vocabulary n SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language n n HTML: Hypertext Markup Language XHTML:

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What is XHTML? n XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language n n XHTML is aimed to replace HTML XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4. 01 XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a markup language designed for describing data n n XHTML is HTML redefined as an XML application XHTML is a “bridge” between HTML and XML 2

The problem with HTML n n n HTML started out as a way of describing the structure of documents, with tags to indicate headers, paragraphs, and the like Because people wanted to control the appearance of documents, HTML acquired tags to control fonts, alignment, etc. The result is a markup language that does both, but isn’t very good at either 3

HTML vs. XML looks a lot like HTML, but-HTML uses a fixed set of tags With XML you make up your own tags (and define what they mean in a separate document) HTML is designed to display XML is designed to describe data to humans data to computers Browsers are very tolerant of errors in HTML XML documents must be wellformed (syntactically correct) All browsers can display HTML Most modern browsers can display XML 4

From HTML to XHTML, I n XHTML elements must be properly nested <b><i>bold and italic</b></i> is wrong n XHTML documents must be well-formed <html> <head>. . . </head> <body>. . . </body> </html> n n Tag names must be in lowercase All XHTML elements must be closed n n If an HTML tag is not a container, close it like this: , <hr />, <img src="smile. gif" /> Note: Some browsers require a space before the / 5

From HTML to XHTML, II n Attribute names must also be in lower case n n Attribute values must be quoted n n Example: <table width="100%"> Attribute minimization is forbidden n n Example: <table width="100%"> Example: <frame noresize="noresize">, cannot be abbreviated to <frame noresize> The id attribute replaces the name attribute n n n Wrong: <img src="picture. gif" name="picture 1" /> Right: <img src="picture. gif" id="picture 1" /> Best: <img src="picture. gif" name="picture 1" id="picture 1" /> 6

SGML and DTDs n n SGML stands for “Standard Generalized Markup Language” HTML, XML and many other markup languages are defined in SGML A DTD, or “Document Type Definition” describes the syntax to use for the current document There are three different DTDs for XHTML--you can pick the one you want n n These DTDs are public and on the web You must start your XHTML document with a reference to one of these DTDs 7

DOCTYPE declaration, I n Every XHTML document must begin with one of the DOCTYPE declarations (DTDs): n n n <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W 3 C//DTD XHTML 1. 0 Strict//EN" "http: //www. w 3. org/TR/xhtml 1/DTD/xhtml 1 -strict. dtd"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W 3 C//DTD XHTML 1. 0 Transitional//EN" "http: //www. w 3. org/TR/xhtml 1/DTD/xhtml 1 -transitional. dtd"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W 3 C//DTD XHTML 1. 0 Frameset//EN" "http: //www. w 3. org/TR/xhtml 1/DTD/xhtml 1 -frameset. dtd"> 8

DOCTYPE declaration, II n The three main DTDs are as follows: n Strict n n n Transitional n n n Use for really clean markup, with no display information (no font, color, or size information) Use with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) if you want to define how the document should look Use with standard HTML and/or with CSS Allows deprecated HTML elements Frameset n Use if your document uses HTML frames 9

An XHTML Example n <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W 3 C//DTD XHTML 1. 0 Strict//EN" "http: //www. w 3. org/TR/xhtml 1/DTD/xhtml 1 -strict. dtd"> <html> <head> <title>A simple document</title> </head> <body> <p>A simple paragraph. </p> </body> </html> 10

Tools n n Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY http: //www. w 3. org/People/Raggett/tidy/ is a free UNIX tool for checking and cleaning up HTML pages W 3 C HTML Validation Tool http: //validator. w 3. org/ is an HTML form for checking (but not fixing) HTML and XHTML documents 11

Vocabulary n SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language n n HTML: Hypertext Markup Language XHTML: e. Xtensible Hypertext Markup Language XML: e. Xtensible Markup Language DTD: Document Type Definition 12

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