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HTML HTML Introduction Global Structure: Part 1

Stacy Fabian
Stacy Fabian
2,246 Points
Posted by Stacy Fabian
Stacy Fabian
2,246 Points

Doctype notation format confirmation

In this video he teaches that the "doctype" notation is in lower case. However, in previous videos he said it had to be all upper case. This video seems to have been made a few years ago (I think I saw 2009 somewhere) so maybe things have changed in the last few years, but I wanted to confirm...

Does it matter if it's lower or upper case? If so, what is the correct one?

Thanks! Stacy

2 Answers

Dustin Scott
Dustin Scott
Courses Plus Student 7,819 Points

If you want to write the DOCTYPE html, this is the valid ways for the html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!doctype html>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>

But in case of XHTML it should be like this <!DOCTYPE html>

Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
27,595 Points
Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson
27,595 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> is the safest way to go.