STRICT

Note:
Default DTD for HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 with strict XHTML rules applied and no deprecated elements and tags.

Syntax

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">;

TRANSITIONAL

Note:
Obtains deprecated elements and attributes, no frame related attributes.

Syntax HTML 4.01

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Syntax XHTML 1.0

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/transitional.dtd">

FRAMESET

Note:
Used only on frames.

Syntax

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">

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