> it mandated error handling XHTML 1.0 didn't mandate so-called "draconian error-handling", it just offered it as an optional feature. XHTML 1.1 (which was re

> it mandated error handling XHTML 1.0 didn't mandate so-called "draconian error-handling", it just offered it as an optional feature. XHTML 1.1 (which was released but noone used) and XHTML 2 (which was never finished nor released) did mandate it. I wasn't a big fan of that decision, I don't think it would've worked, but XHTML 1.1 was still very usable while ignoring that one requirement; throwing out the baby with the bath water was a massive overreaction on the WHATWG's part.