Last Updated: $Date: 2002/11/07 06:25:50 $
| media type | text/html | application/xhtml+xml | text/xml | application/xml |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xml-stylesheet PI and link | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized |
| link only | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized |
| xml-stylesheet PI only | recognized as HTML, xml-stylesheet PI was not recognized | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized |
| without xmlns | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XML, XHTML-specific semantics were not recognized but inline style (incorrectly) worked (linked style sheet was recognized) | recognized as XML, XHTML-specific semantics were not recognized but inline style (incorrectly) worked (linked style sheet was recognized) |
| without DOCTYPE | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized | recognized as XHTML, linked style sheet was not recognized |
| without DOCTYPE and xmlns | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | recognized as XML, XHTML-specific semantics were not recognized but inline style (incorrectly) worked (linked style sheet was recognized) | recognized as XML, XHTML-specific semantics were not recognized but inline style (incorrectly) worked (linked style sheet was recognized) |
| Broken XHTML | recognized as HTML, well-formedness error was not checked | not recognized, source code was displayed | failed correctly | failed correctly |
| HTML 4 | recognized as HTML | not recognized, source code was displayed | failed correctly | failed correctly |