Capitalization and case of html tags?

Bruce W.1 · Dec 17, 2003

Looking at the html produced by Visual Studio I see a mixed bag of tag
capitalization. For example there's <HEAD> and <body>. Then there's
<form and <TABLE>. Is there some logic behind the mixed casing?

Is there a right way and a wrong way? I believe that the W3C recommends
lower casing.

Thanks for your help.

Kevin Spencer · Dec 17, 2003

HTML is case-insensitive.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
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Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Bruce W.1 · Dec 17, 2003

Kevin said:
HTML is case-insensitive.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

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This is true. However XHTML IS case sensitive, and this is what we
should all be using, right?

Patrice Scribe · Dec 17, 2003

For now it doesn't really matter.

If you really want to standardize, I would go for lower casing. In
particular XHTML is case sensitive and uses lower case...

Kevin Spencer · Dec 17, 2003

This is true. However XHTML IS case sensitive, and this is what we

should all be using, right?

We should all be making informed decisions based upon a working knowledge of
the technologies available, not trying to reach a concensus as to what
technology is right or wrong.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Joe Molloy · Dec 18, 2003

Might be easier for everyone if we were all singing of the same hymn sheet
though...

It's a small thing right now but it could get bigger with the semantic web -
join me and go small case - sitting on the fence can damage your health -
especially if it's electrified...

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Capitalization and case of html tags?

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