ox-html content-type metadata (was: [BUG] ox-html output does not pass validation for html4-strict doctype [9.7-pre (release_9.6.23-1423-gcea6a1.dirty @ /home/yantar92/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)])

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

This is tangent to the original problem I described.

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 25/03/2024 18:18, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> I am wondering whether it is at all possible to use the same syntax and
>> yet pass validation for all the allowed values of `org-html-doctype':
>> "html4-strict", "html4-transitional", "html4-frameset", "xhtml-strict",
>> "xhtml-transitional", "xhtml-frameset", "xhtml-11", "html5", "xhtml5".
>
> Is it correct to use text/html for XHTML? I would expect 
> application/xhtml+xml, but it is better to check standard.

It is certainly not an error.

Also,
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types#texthtml
says

All HTML content should be served with this type. Alternative MIME types
for XHTML (like application/xhtml+xml) are mostly useless nowadays.

> For html5 my expectation is
>
>      <meta charset="utf-8">
>
> instead of http-equiv
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/meta#charset

What made you think that your expectation is not fulfilled by ox-html?

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