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XHTML. Introduction to XHTML. What Is XHTML? XHTML stands for EXtensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4.01 XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML XHTML is a combination of HTML and XML ( EXtensible Markup Language).
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Introduction to XHTML • What Is XHTML? • XHTML stands for EXtensibleHyperText Markup Language • XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4.01 • XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML • XHTML is a combination of HTML and XML (EXtensible Markup Language). • XHTML consists of all the elements in HTML 4.01, combined with the strict syntax of XML. • XHTML is a W3C Recommendation • XHTML 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation January 26, 2000. • All browsers support XHTML.
XHTML - Why? • Many pages on the internet contain "bad" HTML. • The following HTML code will work just fine if you view it in a browser (even if it does NOT follow the HTML rules): • <html><head><title>This is bad HTML</title><body><h1>Bad HTML<p>This is a paragraph</body> • XML is a markup language where everything must be marked up correctly, which results in "well-formed" documents. • XML is designed to describe data, and HTML is designed to display data. • Support different browser technologies • Combined strengths of HTML and XML - XHTML.
Differences Between XHTML And HTML • XHTML Elements Must Be Properly Nested • In HTML, some elements can be improperly nested within each other, like this: • <b><i>This text is bold and italic</b></i> • In XHTML, all elements must be properly nested within each other, like this: • <b><i>This text is bold and italic</i></b> • A common mistake with nested lists, is to forget that the inside list must be within <li> and </li> tags.
XHTML Elements Must Always Be Closed • Non-empty elements must have a closing tag. This is wrong: <p>This is a paragraph <p>This is another paragraph This is correct: <p>This is a paragraph</p> <p>This is another paragraph</p> • Empty Elements Must Also Be Closed • Empty elements must also be closed. This is wrong: A break: <br>A horizontal rule: <hr>An image: <imgsrc="happy.gif" alt="Happy face"> This is correct: A break: <br />A horizontal rule: <hr />An image: <imgsrc="happy.gif" alt="Happy face" />
XHTML Elements Must Be In Lower Case • Tag names and attributes must be in lower case. This is wrong: <BODY> <P>This is a paragraph</P> </BODY> This is correct: <body> <p>This is a paragraph</p> </body> • XHTML Documents Must Have One Root Element • All XHTML elements must be nested within the <html> root element. • Child elements must be in pairs and correctly nested within their parent element. The basic document structure is: <html><head> ... </head><body> ... </body></html>
XHTML Syntax • Attribute Names Must Be In Lower Case This is wrong: <table WIDTH="100%"> This is correct: <table width="100%"> • Attribute Values Must Be Quoted This is wrong: <table width=100%> This is correct: <table width="100%">
Attribute Minimization Is Forbidden This is wrong: <input checked><input readonly> This is correct: <input checked="checked" /> <input readonly="readonly" />Here is a list of the minimized attributes in HTML and how they should be written in XHTML:
The Lang Attribute • The lang attribute applies to almost every XHTML element. It specifies the language of the content within an element. • If you use the lang attribute in an element, you must also add the xml:lang attribute, like this: <div lang="it" xml:lang="it">Ciao bella!</div> • Mandatory XHTML Elements • All XHTML documents must have a DOCTYPE declaration. The html, head, title, and body elements must be present. • This is an XHTML document with a minimum of required tags: <!DOCTYPE Doctype goes here><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Title goes here</title></head><body> </body></html>
Document Type Definition • A DTD is a "Document Type Definition" which specifies the syntax (grammatical structure) of a web page in SGML, the Standard Generalised Markup Language - of which HTML is an application. • An HTML DTD describes in precise, computer-readable language, the allowed syntax and grammar of HTML markup. • A DTD, or Document Type Definition file is used by SGML applications, e.g. HTML, to specify rules that apply to the markup of documents of a particular type, including a set of element and entity declarations. • There are various HTML document types in use on the Web, arising from various levels and versions. • Each DTD may be recognized by a unique label called a formal public identifier or FPI. • When an HTML document is created, the DTD to which it conforms is declared in a document type declaration at the top of the document.
There are three XHTML DTDs: • STRICT • TRANSITIONAL • FRAMESET • HTML 4.0 Strict <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Strict//EN"> • Use this when you want really clean markup, free of presentational clutter. Use this together with Cascading Style Sheets. • HTML 4.0 Transitional <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> • Use this when you need to take advantage of HTML's presentational features because many of your readers don't have the latest browsers that understand Cascading Style Sheets. • HTML 4.0 Frameset <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Frameset//EN"> • Use this when you want to use HTML Frames to partition the browser window into two or more frames.
