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<h1 class="topictitle1">Specifying an implicit document type for an HTML, XHTML, or JSP fragment</h1>
<div><div class="section"> <p>An <em>implicit</em> document type is used for content assist (CTRL+Spacebar),
the Properties view, and other editing contexts when no DOCTYPE declaration
is specified in an HTML, XHTML, or JSP file. Typically, this feature is used
for a fragment (partial document) that can be included in other pages using
JSP include or server-side include.</p>
<p>To assign an implicit document type
to an HTML, XHTML, or JSP fragment, do the following: </p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>From the Project Explorer view, select the HTML, XHTML, or JSP
fragment.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span><b>Properties</b></span> from the file's
pop-up menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <b>Web Content Settings</b> page, select
the desired DOCTYPE from the <span><b>Document type</b></span> drop-down
list.</span> <p>The <span><b>Properties</b></span> dialog
for Web projects also includes an <span><b>Web Content Settings</b></span> page,
where you can specify project-default HTML document type. This setting will
be used if no DOCTYPE declaration is specified in the file, and no default
document type is specified in the <span><b>Web Content Settings</b></span> page
on the <span><b>Properties</b></span> dialog for the file.</p>
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