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-<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: sgml.html,v 1.11 2002-10-23 23:11:30 link Exp $"
---><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2002-10-23 23:11:30 $"
+<!--#set var="revision" value="\$Id: sgml.html,v 1.12 2002-12-01 13:40:33 link Exp $"
+--><!--#set var="date" value="\$Date: 2002-12-01 13:40:33 $"
--><!--#set var="title" value="Introduction To SGML for The W3C MarkUp Validation Service"
--><!--#set var="relroot" value="../"
--><!--#include virtual="../header.html" -->
@@ -72,19 +72,16 @@
Be sure that the syntax is as described above, and that you use the
correct public identifier; otherwise, The Validator will use the wrong
DTD, or will be unable to find a DTD at all, and will produce a huge
- list of absolutely meaningless errors. The Validator's
- <a href="../sgml-lib/catalog">public identifier catalog</a> lists all the public
- identifiers The Validator recognizes for various types of HTML; of
- those, the following public identifiers are most likely to be widely
- recognized:
+ list of absolutely meaningless errors.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The W3C QA Activity maintains a <a
+ href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html">List of
+ Valid Doctypes</a> that you can choose from, and the <acronym
+ title="Web Design Group">WDG</acronym> maintains a document on
+ "<a href="http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html">Choosing
+ a DOCTYPE</a>".
</p>
- <dl>
- <dt><code>For HTML 2.0...</code></dt><dd>...use "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"</dd>
- <dt><code>For HTML 4.0...</code></dt><dd>...use "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"</dd>
- <dt><code>For HTML 4.0 Transitional...</code></dt><dd>...use "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"</dd>
- <dt><code>For HTML 4.0 Frameset...</code></dt><dd>...use "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"</dd>
- </dl>
- <p>Note that the string must appear exactly as shown, including case.</p>
<p class="warning">
<strong>WARNING:</strong> Some HTML editors will insert a
<code>DOCTYPE</code> declaration for you. Unfortunately, this