Session 1.1 Quick Check

Session 1.1 Quick Check
1. What is a markup language?
(HTML 5) A markup language is a language that describes the content and structure of a document by identifying, or tagging, different elements in the document.
2. What is XHTML? How does XHTML differ from HTML?
XHTML is an XML vocabulary that's a stricter version of HTML4, designed to confront some of the problems associated with the various competing versions of HTML and to better integrate HTML with other markup languages.
XHTML is an XML version of HTML, and web designers could apply their knowledge with HTML to XHTML with some modifications, like converting a character between different versions of Dungeons and Dragons.
3. What is the W3C? What is the WHATWG?
The W3C is a group of web designers and programmers who create a set of standards or specifications for all browser manufacturers to follow.
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group formed by Brian Hickson with the goal to create web applications with backward compatibility with HTML.
4. What is a doctype? What are the two uses of a doctype?
A doctype, or Document Type Declaration, is a tag that specifies the coding language, and is used by validators to ensure that the document code meets all syntax requirements of the specified language. All XHTML documents require a doctype because those documents must be validated against a set of standards.
5. What is incorrect about the syntax of the following code?
<p>Welcome to the <em>J-Prop Shop</p></em>
The closing </em> tag is placed after the closing </p> tag, which is improper because one element must be completely contained within another.