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have_faith · 2024-10-10T20:40:12 1728592812

You're probably already aware, but <html>, <head> and <body> is optional in HTML5, so it's a "proper" document without them.

cryptoz · 2024-10-10T23:18:11 1728602291

Isn't doctype still required by the spec in HTML5 in order to be "proper"? Perhaps I'm mistaken but I thought I remembered that it's technically 'required'.

wild_egg · 2024-10-11T08:38:41 1728635921

The only elements that are absolutely required are doctype and a non-empty title. Most minimal valid HTML doc:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <title>Foo</title>

sureIy · 2024-10-11T15:46:01 1728661561

Correct.

Fun fact: you do not need to close most tags in a valid HTML5 document.

This is valid:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <title>Foo</title>
    <p>paragraph
    <p>second
    <ul>
        <li>item
    </ul>
    <table>
        <tr><td>hi!
    </table>

wild_egg · 2024-10-12T00:20:06 1728692406

Indeed. People writing HTML5 as if it's XHTML is an old pet peeve of mine

sureIy · 2024-10-11T15:41:06 1728661266

It is, but I'd argue that people wouldn't even notice that the document is in quirks mode.

I think you'd really only want a TITLE tag so that it appears as a tab name. Anything else is really optional for people and you'd only really need BR, A, and IMG

edflsafoiewq · 2024-10-11T00:33:35 1728606815

It enables quirks mode when missing.