This article describes the differences between some different flavours of XHTML. The table covers XHTML Mobile Profile and XHTML Basic, and some different versions of each.
Version 1.2 (update), 29 Jan 2007
Jo Rabin
Some references are works in progress and are subject to change
| Module [1] |
Basic 1.0 [2] |
MP 1.0 [3] |
MP 1.1 [4] |
MP 1.2 [5] | Basic 1.1 1 Nov [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | body, head, html, title |
(same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Text | abbr, acronym, address, blockquote, br, cite, code, dfn, div, em, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, kbd, p, pre, q, samp, span, strong, var |
(same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Hypertext | a | (same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| List | dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li |
(same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| (Basic) Forms |
form, input, label, option, select, textarea |
(adds) fieldset, optgroup |
(same) | (adds) button, legend |
(same) |
| Tables | caption, table, td, th, tr |
(same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Image | img | (same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Object | object, param |
(same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Metainformation | meta | (same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Link | link | (same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Base | base | (same) | (same) | (same) | (same) |
| Intrinsic Events |
(none) | (same) | onload (M), onunload, onclick (M), ondblclick, onnmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onfocus, onblur, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup, onsubmit (M), onreset (M), |
(same) | (same – level of support not discussed) |
| Legacy | (none) | start attribute on ol, value attribute on li |
(same) | (same) | (removes) start attribute on ol |
| Presentation | (none) | b, big, hr, i, small |
(same) | (same) | (adds) sub, sup, tt |
| Script | (none) | (same) | (adds) noscript, script |
(same) | (same) |
| Style Sheet |
(none) | style element |
(same) | (same) | (same) |
| Style Attribute |
(none) |
style attribute |
(same) | (same) | (same) deprecated |
| Text Input Modes (not part of [1]) |
(none) | (same) | (same) | inputmode attribute on input, textarea |
(same) |
| Target Module (not part of [1]) |
(none) | (same) | (same) | (same) | (adds) target attribute (O) |
Key
(same / adds / removes) refers to next
column to left
[2] XHTML
Basic W3C
Recommendation
19 December 2000 – <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD
XHTML Basic 1.0//EN”
“http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic10.dtd”>
[3] XHTML
MP 29-Oct-2001 – <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC
“-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN”
“http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd”>
[4]
XHTML
MP Candidate Version 1.1 – 16 Aug 2004 – <!DOCTYPE
html PUBLIC “-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.1//EN”
“http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile11.dtd”>
[5]
XHTML
MP Candidate Version 1.2 – 18 Jan 2005 – <!DOCTYPE
html PUBLIC “-//OMA//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2//EN”
“http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile12.dtd”>
[6]
XHTML
Basic 1.1 W3C Editors Draft 1 Nov 2006
– <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic
1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd”>
