# !DOCTYPE

Specifies the HTML standard that should be used for this document.

## Platform Support

IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+

## Example

This example shows a !DOCTYPE element for a strict XHTML document:

    			<!DOCTYPE "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" >

## Remarks

<!DOCTYPE /> is actually an XML element. Use this element as the first element in all XHTML documents.

## Availability

W3C HTML 4.0

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