I’m pretty sure <![CDATA[...]]> sections can be used in XHTML5, but what about HTML5?
I’m pretty sure <![CDATA[…]]> sections can be used in XHTML5, but what about HTML5?
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I’m pretty sure <![CDATA[...]]> sections can be used in XHTML5, but what about HTML5?
The
CDATAstructure isn’t really for HTML at all, it’s for XML.People sometimes use them in XHTML inside
scripttags because it removes the need for them to escape<,>and&characters. It’s unnecessary in HTML though, sincescripttags in HTML are already parsed like CDATA sections.Edit: This is where we open that really mouldy old can of worms from 2002 over whether you’re sending XHTML as
text/htmlor asapplication/xhtml+xmllike you’re “supposed” to 🙂