What is the importance of the HTML DOCTYPE ?

 Posted by Bharathi Cherukuri on 6/18/2012 | Category: JavaScript Interview questions | Views: 6272 | Points: 40
Answer:

The doctype declaration should be the first thing in an HTML document, before the html tag.

The doctype declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of the markup language the page is written in.

The doctype declaration refers to a Document Type Definition (DTD). The DTD specifies the rules for the markup language, so that the browsers can render the content correctly.


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