[whatwg] Re: DOCTYPE shouldn't be optional

[Ben Meadowcroft]

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> [mailto:whatwg-whatwg.org-bounces at lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf 
> Of Henri Sivonen
> Sent: 15 July 2004 21:32
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> Subject: Re: [whatwg] Re: DOCTYPE shouldn't be optional
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2004, at 21:28, Malcolm Rowe wrote:
> 
> > Isn't it accurate to say that in HTML, a TBODY element is 
> only present
> > in the DOM if it is actually present in the source, while 
> in XHTML, a 
> > TBODY element is created in the DOM even if it isn't present in the 
> > source?
> 
> The other way round. tbody is inferred in HTML.

It may also be inferred in the visual layout see
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html#anonymous-boxes for more
details.

-- 
Ben Meadowcroft
http://www.benmeadowcroft.com/
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