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When I moved across to XHTML a few years ago, the transition was mostly quite easy. Using thesse logical rules got me though 90% of the transition:

1. Close all tags, use lower-case tags, use lower-case attributes and maintain nesting order.
2. Markup is for content, CSS is for presentation. That one was easy.
3. Use the right tag for the right job (in the right place) and make things accessible.

However, one thing that can’t be covered by a general rule is the complete removal of tags. Most removed tags were non-standard and started out as proprietary – like <marquee> and the tag we’re going to talk about, <embed>. (more…)