Re: NT: XHTML? (was: Release of a new set of XML/XSLT libraries)

[Yamagata Hiroo <hiyori13 alum mit edu>]

At 09:25 01/05/05 -0600, you wrote:

> Are there any arguments in favor of HTML over XHTML or vice versa,
> since the output is essentially the same?

HTML.

Netscape 3 and IE 3 (or 4) can't handle xhtml .  For the sake of downward 
compatibility,
HTML is better.

As long as you are using newer browsers, there won't be any difference. So 
moving to xhtml does not bring in any additional advantages.  Also, xhtml 
is VERY strict, and it is VERY difficult to make it perfectly xhtml 
compliant.  The HTML that the current system is spitting out
(the one used for GNOME Users Guide) is very untidy, and it would take 
oodles of work to get it right.  So we'd be bringing in more chances of 
errors for no extra advantage.

Unless we plan to rely heavily on xhtml stylesheets in the future, I'd opt 
for HTML.