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title: XHTML 2.0
date: 2006-12-10 18:16:50
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2006/12/10/xhtml-20/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Web
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Was searching for DOCTYPEs for XHTML 1.1 and came across [Wikipedia article on XHTML 2.0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML_2.0).

After reading it though, I can’t wait for XHTML 2.0, the features looks great. Below are 3 of the features that I picked out.

**»** Any element will be able to act as a hyperlink, e.g., `<li href="articles.html">Articles</li>`, similar to XLink. However, XLink itself is not compatible with XHTML due to design differences.

**»** Any element will be able to reference alternative media with the src attribute, e.g., `<p src="lbridge.jpg" type="image/jpeg">London Bridge</p>` is the same as `<object src="lbridge.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><p>London Bridge</p></object>`.

**»** The alt attribute of the img element has been removed: alternative text will be given in the content of the img element, much like the object element, e.g., `<img src="hms_audacious.jpg"/>`HMS `<em>Audacious</em>`.