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EPUB 2.0.1 XHTML Content Documents MUST contain a doctype declaration #982

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rdeltour opened this issue Feb 26, 2019 · 0 comments
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EPUB 2.0.1 XHTML Content Documents MUST contain a doctype declaration #982

rdeltour opened this issue Feb 26, 2019 · 0 comments
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priority: low To be processed when time allows spec: EPUB 2.x Impacting the support of EPUB 2.x specifications status: accepted Ready to be further processed type: improvement The issue suggests an improvement of an existing feature

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Coming from #274:

XHTML 1.1, on the other hand, does require a doctype:

There MUST be a DOCTYPE declaration in the document prior to the root element.
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/conformance.html#s_conform

So, long story short, epubcheck should have emitted a warning that no doctype was present for the epub 2 content documents, but had doctypes been inserted I still think it would have resulted in confusion since the doctype isn't used for validation.
@rdeltour rdeltour added type: improvement The issue suggests an improvement of an existing feature priority: low To be processed when time allows status: accepted Ready to be further processed spec: EPUB 2.x Impacting the support of EPUB 2.x specifications labels Feb 26, 2019
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