Document type declaration
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document-type-declaration-274-8518911
title:
Document type declaration
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A document type declaration, or DOCTYPE, is an instruction that associates a particular XML or SGML document with a document type definition (DTD). In the serialized form of the document, it manifests as a short string of markup that conforms to a particular syntax. The HTML layout engines in modern web browsers perform DOCTYPE "sniffing" or "switching", wherein the DOCTYPE in a document served as text/html determines a layout mode, such as "quirks mode" or "standards mode". The text/html serial
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Instruction that associates documents with a document type definition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_type_declaration
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2024-03-24T16:45:30Z
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