Which is better to be compliant with

[wige]

I've achieved strict html compliance, and I was wondering if there is a next step? It there a higher level of compliance? What is XHTML? What are the other doctypes on the w3c website?

XHTML is a stricter form of HTML which combines elements of XML to allow different platforms to more easily display web pages. (cell phones, pdas, etc.) XHTML 1.0 is the latest official standard, and if your site is compliant with "strict," you are using it.

The other doctypes are for various stages of compliance (mostly for use on web sites that are still being converted to XHTML) and for web sites designed specifically for other platforms such as cell phones or pdas. There may also be some sample doctypes for web designers who want to create their own.

[nseidm1]

Ahh, the missing pound sign was the doohicky. Thx all for the tips and clarification of docytpe standards.

[nseidm1]

Are there any additional little tweaks besides alt="" and summary="" attributes? I have successfully added alt and summary attributes to every location that accecpts the tag.

[sands]

Are there any additional little tweaks besides alt="" and summary="" attributes?

The title attribute for links.

[nseidm1]

Watchfire gives me quality error regarding picture height and width attributes. I was under the impression that style=" width:xx; height:xx;" was the appropriate way to set height and width attributes. Which is more optimal, style attributes or standard attributes? It seems that both get validated as html strict.

[wige]

Some validation tools may give an error message if you don't indicate units of measure with the height or width elements. For example, px for pixels pt for points (typically for text elements) and % for percentage.