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Thoughts?
--[[smcv]]
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+> Another possibility would be to change the doctype to `<!DOCTYPE html>`
+> unconditionally, stop trying to limit ourselves to XHTML 1.0 Strict
+> (use HTML5 features that degrade gracefully, like
+> [[ARIA roles|todo/add aria landmarks to make ikiwiki websites more accessible]]),
+> but avoid using the new elements like `<section>` that require specific
+> browser support unless `html5` is set to 1. That would get rid of the
+> backwards-compatibility concerns while keeping the ability to use
+> post-2000 markup. --[[smcv]]