Re: [wsrp] WSRP and DOCTYPE

[Rich Thompson <richt2@us.ibm.com>]

Are there use cases where portlet developers
are encouraged to write markup that requires quirky interpretation by the
browser?

I can understand there might be a problem
if the Consumer sets the page into strict mode and interpreting a portlet's
markup requires quirky mode, but is there any problem with the inverse
case (page in quirky mode and a portlet generates strict markup)?

Rich

Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>

10/26/2004 09:35 PM

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Subject	[wsrp] WSRP and DOCTYPE

I've question on how best to deal with DOCTYPE issues.

Browsers use DOCTYPE to determine whether to render a page in strict 
mode or quirks mode. This causes problems for WSRP, since portlets will
not have a clue of the DOCTYPE used by the consumer. So, the generated
markup may not render correctly.

One possible solution is to let the consumer send the DOCTYPE to the 
producer. But, before submitting a change request for this, I would like
to know what markup experts in this group think?

Regards,

Subbu

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