XHTML Document

A strictly formatted HTML document following XML rules.

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About this format

XHTML applies strict XML formatting rules to HTML, ensuring tags are perfectly balanced, closed, and lowercase.

Example Data

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <title>XHTML Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Strict XML Parsing</h1>
    <p>Every tag must be <strong>properly closed</strong>.</p>
    <br />
  </body>
</html>

When to use XHTML Document

  • Guaranteeing document structure validity
  • Parsing web pages with standard XML parsers
  • Legacy web development