- Semantically equivalent to HTML 4.01
- Has 'strict', 'frameset', and 'transitional' versions (just like HTML 4.01)
- Uses XML syntax
- Has been carefully designed to make use of "quirks" of existing HTML browsers
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Use a small number of guidelines, eg:
- All elements must be closed (eg,
<p>...</p> - All attribute values must be quoted
- Use space before "/" of empty elements:
<hr /> - ...
Resulting documents can be served both as XML and HTML documents
- All elements must be closed (eg,
