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This working draft defines a new XHTML document type that is based solely upon the module framework defined in Building XHTML Modules [BUILDING] and the modules defined in Modularization of XHTML [XHTMLMOD]. The purpose of this document type is to serve as the basis for future extended XHTML family document types, and to provide a consistent, forward looking document type cleanly separated from the deprecated, legacy function of HTML 4.0 [HTML40] that was brought forward into XHTML 1.0 [XHTML1] document types. Note that the materials in this document were formerly part of the Modularization of XHTML document, but have been separated out for editorial purposes.
This document is a working draft of the W3C's HTML Working Group. This working draft may be updated, replaced or rendered obsolete by other W3C documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than "work in progress". This document is work in progress and does not imply endorsement by the W3C membership.
This document has been produced as part of the W3C HTML Activity. The goals of the HTML Working Group (members only) are discussed in the HTML Working Group charter (members only).
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Note that, as this is a work in progress, text is frequently added to the document that has not yet been reviewed by the working group. Such text is marked using the class "new", with an appearance like this. Text delimited with class "new" is submitted for consideration by the working group, and necessarily has a lesser status than the text in the remainder of the document. [This technique was agreed at the 5 May 1999 teleconference of the working group.]