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Tips and Notes: HTML 5

The document provides tips and information about DOCTYPE declarations. It explains that the <!DOCTYPE> declaration must be the first thing in an HTML document and indicates the document type and version. It notes the single DOCTYPE declaration for HTML5 is <!DOCTYPE html> and describes differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5 DOCTYPE declarations. Examples of basic HTML documents with DOCTYPE declarations are also included.

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Tips and Notes: HTML 5

The document provides tips and information about DOCTYPE declarations. It explains that the <!DOCTYPE> declaration must be the first thing in an HTML document and indicates the document type and version. It notes the single DOCTYPE declaration for HTML5 is <!DOCTYPE html> and describes differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5 DOCTYPE declarations. Examples of basic HTML documents with DOCTYPE declarations are also included.

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Tips and Notes

Tip: The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is NOT case sensitive.

Tip: To check if the HTML of your Web documents is valid, go to W3C's


validation service.

Common DOCTYPE Declarations


HTML 5
<!DOCTYPE html>

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5


There are three different <!DOCTYPE> declarations in HTML 4.01. In HTML5
there is only one:

Definition and Usage


1. The <!DOCTYPE> declaration must be the very first thing in your HTML
document, before the <html> tag.

2. The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to


the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in.

3. In HTML 4.01, the <!DOCTYPE> declaration refers to a DTD, because


HTML 4.01 was based on SGML. The DTD specifies the rules for the
markup language, so that the browsers render the content correctly.

4. HTML5 is not based on SGML, and therefore does not require a reference
to a DTD.
5. Tip: Always add the <!DOCTYPE> declaration to your HTML documents,
so that the browser knows what type of document to expect.

6.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Title of the document</title>

</head>

<body>

The content of the document......

</body>

</html>

<html>

<head><title>div</title></head>

<body>

<div style="background-color:lightblue">

<h3>This is a heading</h3>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</div>

<div style="background-color:lightpink">

<h3>This is a heading</h3>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</div>

</body>

</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<body>

<!-- This is a comment -->

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

<!-- Comments are not displayed in the browser -->

</body>

</html>

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