XHTML DTD

DTD

The purpose of a DTD (Document Type Definition) is to define the legal building blocks of an XML document. It defines the document structure with a list of legal elements and attributes.

The 3 Document Type Definitions

• DTD specifies the syntax of a web page in SGML.
  
• DTD is used by SGML applications, such as HTML, to specify rules that apply to the markup of documents of a particular type, including a set of element and entity declarations.
  
• XHTML is specified in an SGML document type definition or 'DTD'.
  
• An XHTML DTD describes in precise, computer-readable language, the allowed syntax and grammar of XHTML markup.
  

There are currently 3 XHTML document types:

• STRICT


• TRANSITIONAL


• FRAMESET
  

The XHTML standard defines three Document Type Definitions.

The most common is the XHTML Transitional.

Is Mandatory

An XHTML document consists of three main parts:

• the DOCTYPE
  
• the Head
  
• the Body
  

XHTML 1.0

specifies three XML document types that correspond to three DTDs: Strict, Transitional, and Frameset.

XHTML 1.0 Strict

Use this when you want really clean markup, free of presentational clutter. Use this together with Cascading Style Sheets.

XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Use this when you need to take advantage of HTML's presentational features and when you want to support browsers that don't understand Cascading Style Sheets.

XHTML 1.0 Frameset

Use this when you want to use HTML Frames to partition the browser window into two or more frames.

What is XHTML

Benefits of XHTML

Difference between XHTML, HTML and XML

Free XHTML Tutorials for Web Designers & Developers.

Free XHTML Tutorials for Web Designers & Developers.

XHTML Sytax Tutorials
XHTML Document Type Definitions (DTD) Tutorials
XHTML Tags Tutorials
XHTML Attributes Tutorials
XHTML Tables Tutorials
XHTML Links / Linking Tutorials
XHTML Modules Tutorials
XHTML Converting to HTML Tutorials
XHTML Validation Tutorials
XHTML Forums / Message Boards
XHTML Code Editors Software Downloads

What is XML?

The full form is XML™ is Extensible Markup Language.
XML was conceived as a means of regaining the power and flexibility of SGML without most of its complexity. Although a restricted form of SGML, XML nonetheless preserves most of SGML's power and richness, and yet still retains all of SGML's commonly used features.
While retaining these beneficial features, XML removes many of the more complex features of SGML that make the authoring and design of suitable software both difficult and costly.