22.2.4 Using XHTML tagging rules
for HTML
Even if you are creating standard
HTML, consider using XHTML tagging. These are the main points to remember:
- Use lowercase for element and
attribute names.
- Enclose all attribute values
in double quotes.
- Explicitly close all tags.
- Include a space after an element
name, even in a closing tag (such as <br />).
All current HTML browsers accept these rules.
When you specify XHTML as your output type, in addition
to a name attribute for anchors,
DITA2Go provides an id attribute; for example:
<h3><a id="b2d" name="b2d"></a>B2D</h3>
This is because XML expects an id attribute for many purposes
that are handled by the name attribute in HTML.
The only way to suppress the id attribute is to specify
HTML instead of XHTML as the output type.
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Parent Topic: 22.2 Setting
up an HTML project
Sibling Topics:
22.2.1 Creating
an HTML or XHTML project
22.2.2 Specifying
a different output file extension
22.2.3 Checking
HTML or XML output files for DITA2Go version