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Table of Contents
1 Documentation Scope and Objectives.....................................................................4
1.1 Audience.........................................................................................................4
1.2 Glossary..........................................................................................................4
1.3 References.......................................................................................................4
1.3.1 Normative References..................................................................................4
1.3.2 Informative References................................................................................8
1.4 Microsoft Implementations.................................................................................9
2 Documentation Architecture.................................................................................10
2.1 Overview and Reference Documents..................................................................10
2.1.1 Versions of Standards.................................................................................10
2.1.2 Microsoft Edge...........................................................................................10
2.1.3 Document Modes.......................................................................................10
2.1.3.1 How Internet Explorer Chooses Between Document Modes.........................12
2.1.3.2 Developer Tools...................................................................................12
2.1.3.3 Enterprise Mode IE (EMIE).....................................................................13
2.1.3.4 iframe Handling...................................................................................14
2.1.3.5 X-UA-Compatibility Meta Tag and HTTP Response Header...........................15
2.1.3.6 Compatibility View................................................................................18
2.1.3.7 !DOCTYPE Declaration...........................................................................20
2.1.3.8 X-UA-Compatible Processing Instruction..................................................22
2.1.4 Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)...........................................................23
2.1.5 Character Set Standards.............................................................................23
2.2 Standards Support Summary............................................................................23
3 Change Tracking..................................................................................................31
4 Index...................................................................................................................32

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1 Documentation Scope and Objectives
This document provides an overview of certain final approved web standards supported by Microsoft
web browsers. It is intended for use in conjunction with publicly available specifications and assumes
that the reader either is familiar with this material or has immediate access to it.

1.1 Audience

The documentation set provides the following levels of audience support:

§ For implementers—Provides conceptual and reference information for implementation of one or

more specifications.

§ For reviewers—Provides a resource for readers who want to evaluate or understand one or more
specification implemented by Microsoft web browsers.

1.2 Glossary

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined
in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.

1.3 References

1.3.1 Normative References

We conduct frequent surveys of the normative references to assure their continued availability. If you
have any issue with finding a normative reference, please contact dochelp@microsoft.com. We will
assist you in finding the relevant information.

[HTML5] Berjon, R., Faulkner, S., Leithead, T., Navara, E., et al., Eds., "HTML5 -- A vocabulary and
associated APIs for HTML and XHTML", http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/

[MS-ARIA] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)
1.0 Standards Support Document".

[MS-CANVAS2D] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer HTML Canvas 2D Context
Standards Support Document".

[MS-CORSXF] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Standards Support Cross-Origin Resource

Sharing for XDomainRequest, Images, and Fonts Document".

[MS-CORS] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Standards Support Cross-Origin Resource

Sharing Document for XMLHttpRequest".

[MS-CSS21E] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensions to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
2.1 and DOM Level 2 Style Specifications".

[MS-CSS21] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) 2.1 Standards
Support Document".

[MS-CSS3COLR] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer CSS Color Module Level 3 Standards
Support".

[MS-CSS3MQ] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer CSS Media Queries Module Level 3 Standards
Support".

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[MS-CSS3NS] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer CSS3 Namespaces Module Standards
Support".

[MS-CSS3SEL] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Selectors Level 3 Module Standards Support".

[MS-CSSATTR] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer CSS Style Attributes Standards Support
Document".

[MS-DOM1X] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Standards
Support".

[MS-DOM1] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2CEX] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Extensions to the Document Object Model
(DOM) Level 2 Core Specification".

[MS-DOM2CE] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensions to the Document Object Model
(DOM) Level 2 Core Specification".

[MS-DOM2CX] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core
Standards Support".

[MS-DOM2C] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2EE] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensions to the Document Object Model
(DOM) Level 2 Events Specification".

[MS-DOM2E] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2H] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2S] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2TR] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2
Traversal and Range Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM2V] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM3C] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core
Standards Support Document".

[MS-DOM4] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer DOM4 Standards Support
Document".

[MS-ECMA402] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer ECMA-402 ECMAScript Internationalization

API Standards Support".

[MS-ELTRAV] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Element Traversal Standards Support".

[MS-ES3EX] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft JScript Extensions to the ECMAScript Language

Specification Third Edition".

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[MS-ES3] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft JScript ECMA-262-1999 ECMAScript Language
Specification Standards Support Document".

[MS-ES51] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification

(5.1 Edition) Standards Support".

[MS-ES5EX] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensions to the ECMA-262 ECMAScript

Language Specification (Fifth Edition)".

[MS-ES5] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language Specification

(Fifth Edition) Standards Support Document".

[MS-ES6] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer ECMA-262 ECMAScript Language
Specification (Sixth Edition) Standards Support Document".

[MS-ESI2] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer ECMA-402 ECMAScript

Internationalization API (2nd Edition) Specification Standards Support Document".

[MS-GEOLOC] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Geolocation API Standards Support

Document".

[MS-HIREST] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer High Resolution Time Standards Support".

[MS-HTML401E] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensions to HTML 4.01 and DOM Level 2
HTML Specifications".

[MS-HTML401] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer HTML 4.01 Standards Support Document".

[MS-HTML5E] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer Extensions to the HTML5
Specification".

[MS-HTML5] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer HTML5 Standards Support
Document".

[MS-INDEXDB] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer Indexed Database API
Standards Support Document".

[MS-ISO10646] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)
Standards Support Document".

[MS-ISO14496-10] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge Coding of Audio-Visual Objects (Part 10:
Advanced Video Coding) Standards Support Document".

[MS-ISO8859] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft 8-bit Single-byte Coded Graphic Character Sets
Standards Support Document".

[MS-JPEG] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer ISO 10918-1 Image Compression and Encoding
Standards Support".

[MS-LONGDESC] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer HTML5 Image Description
Extension (longdesc) Standards Support Document".

[MS-NAVTIM] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Navigation Timing Standards Support

Document".

[MS-P3P] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Standards
Support Document".

[MS-PAGEVIS] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Page Visibility Standards Support Document".

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[MS-PDF] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge ISO 32000-1 Portable Document Format (PDF)
Standards Support Document".

[MS-PERFTL] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Performance Timeline Standards Support

Document".

[MS-PICSL] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer PICS Label Distribution and Syntax Standards
Support Document".

[MS-PICSRL] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer PICSRules Standards Support Document".

[MS-PICSRS] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer PICS Rating Services and Systems Standards
Support Document".

[MS-PNG] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Standards
Support Document".

[MS-POINTER] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer Pointer Events Standards
Support Document".

[MS-RUBY] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Ruby Annotation Standards Support Document".

[MS-SELAPI1] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Selectors API Level 1 Standards Support
Document".

[MS-SVG] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Standards
Support Document".

[MS-TOUCH] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge Touch Events Standards Support Document".

[MS-TTML] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Timed Text Markup Language (TTML) 1.0
Standards Support Documentation".

[MS-USERTIM] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer User Timing Standards Support Document".

[MS-WEBMSG] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer HTML5 Web Messaging
Standards Support Document".

[MS-WEBNOT] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge Web Notifications Standards Support

Document".

[MS-WEBSTG2] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Edge Web Storage (Second Edition) Standards
Support Document".

[MS-WEBSTG] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Web Storage Standards Support Document".

[MS-WOFF1] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer WOFF File Format 1.0 Standards Support".

[MS-XHTML] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer Extensible HyperText Markup Language

(XHTML) Standards Support Document".

[MS-XMLH] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer XML 1.0 (Fifth Edition) Standards Support
Document".

[MS-XMLNSH] Microsoft Corporation, "Internet Explorer XML Namespaces 1.0 Standards Support
Document".

[MS-XMLNS] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Namespaces Standards Support Document".

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[MS-XMLSD] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Schema (Part 2: Datatypes) Standards Support
Document".

[MS-XMLSS] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Schema (Part 1: Structures) Standards Support
Document".

[MS-XMLSTYL] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML Associating Style Sheets with XML Standards
Support Document".

[MS-XML] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Fourth Edition
Standards Support Document".

[MS-XPATH] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XML XPath Standards Support Document".

[MS-XSLT] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft XSLTransformations (XSLT) Standards Support

Document".

[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC
2119, March 1997, http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt

[W3C-XHTML1.0] W3C HTML Working Group, "XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language
(Second Edition)", A Reformulation of HTML 4 in XML 1.0 W3C Recommendation 26 January 2000,
revised 1 August 2002, http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/

[W3C-XML-StyleSheets] Clark, J., Ed., "Associating Style Sheets with XML documents Version 1.0",
W3C Recommendation 29 June 1999, http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-stylesheet/

[W3C-XSLT] Clark, J., Ed., "XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0", W3C Recommendation,
November 1999, http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xslt-19991116

[XML10] World Wide Web Consortium, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition)",
February 2004, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/

[XMLNS] Bray, T., Hollander, D., Layman, A., et al., Eds., "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Third Edition)",
W3C Recommendation, December 2009, http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/REC-xml-names-20091208/

1.3.2 Informative References

[MSDN-DefiningDocCompat] Microsoft Corporation, "Defining Document Compatibility in Windows -

Internet Explorer 8", http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288325(VS.85).aspx

[MSDN-EncodeXMLData] Microsoft Corporation, "How to Encode XML Data", March 2000,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468560.aspx

[MSDN-METATagsLocking] Microsoft Corporation, "META Tags and Locking in Future Compatibility",

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc817574.aspx

[MSDN-responseXML] Microsoft Corporation, "responseXML Property", HTML and DHTML Reference,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms534370(VS.85).aspx

[MSDN-SECZONES] Microsoft Corporation, "About URL Security Zones",

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537183.aspx

[MSDN-UnderstandingCompViewList] Microsoft Corporation, "Understanding the Compatibility View

List", http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd567845(VS.85).aspx

[MSDN-XMLDataIslands] Microsoft Corporation, "XML Data Islands", http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-

us/library/ms766512(VS.85).aspx

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1.4 Microsoft Implementations

The implementation of the specifications listed in section 2.2 is applicable to the following Microsoft
browser versions:

§ Windows Internet Explorer 7

§ Windows Internet Explorer 8

§ Windows Internet Explorer 9

§ Windows Internet Explorer 10

§ Internet Explorer 11

§ Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10

§ Microsoft Edge

This document covers and is limited to variations and clarifications by these versions to the
implementation of the listed final approved web standards.

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2 Documentation Architecture
This section discusses the scope and organization of the standards support documentation for
Microsoft web browsers.

2.1 Overview and Reference Documents

Microsoft web browsers rely on certain final approved web standards—including HTML5 [HTML5] and
CSS 2.1 [MS-CSS21] —for some of their behavior. This documentation details the variations or
extensions from the standards listed in the Standards Summary as implemented by Microsoft web
browsers.

2.1.1 Versions of Standards

It is common for web standards to evolve over time, and multiple versions of the same standard may
exist. This documentation covers the version of each standard that was targeted by the browser
implementation. For example, HTML 4.01 is documented, but HTML 3.2, which is superseded by the
4.01 version, is not.

2.1.2 Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is a new browser and rendering engine replacing Windows Internet Explorer. This new
browser is designed to be interoperable with the web. This design allows for a simplification of
architecture and design. Microsoft Edge removes the functionality to switch document modes and only
renders in an interoperable standards compliant way (using the EdgeHTML engine). The following
features have been removed in Microsoft Edge:

§ Document Modes: Removed, always uses EdgeHTML

§ Developer tools (F12) emulation switching: Removed

§ X-UA-Compatibility Meta Tag and HTTP Response Header: Removed

§ Compatibility View settings: Removed

2.1.3 Document Modes

Each major release of Internet Explorer adds new features. As Internet Explorer adds features, there
is a risk that websites that are designed for older versions of the browser might not display as they
are intended. To minimize this risk, Internet Explorer includes document compatibility, which enables
a web developer to specify which Internet Explorer versions that a website is designed to support.
Internet Explorer uses the "document modes," such as IE7 mode and IE8 mode, to interpret and
render the website. For example, "Quirks Mode" displays webpages as if users view them with older
versions of the browser. For more information, see "Defining Document Compatibility" at [MSDN-
DefiningDocCompat].

Microsoft Edge is the browser version documented here that has the highest level of support for
industry standards.

The following table shows the document modes supported by each browser implementation.

Browser version Supported document modes

Windows Internet Explorer 7 Quirks Mode

Standards Mode

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Browser version Supported document modes

Windows Internet Explorer 8 Quirks Mode

IE7 Mode
IE8 Mode

Windows Internet Explorer 9 Quirks Mode

IE7 Mode
IE8 Mode
IE9 Mode

Windows Internet Explorer 10 Quirks Mode

IE7 Mode
IE8 Mode
IE9 Mode
IE10 Mode

Internet Explorer 11 Quirks Mode

IE7 Mode
IE8 Mode
IE9 Mode
IE10 Mode
IE11 Mode

Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Quirks Mode

10 IE7 Mode
IE8 Mode
IE9 Mode
IE10 Mode
IE11 Mode

Microsoft Edge EdgeHTML Mode

The standards mode of Internet Explorer 7 implements standards that have the same variations and
extensions as IE7 mode in Internet Explorer 8 unless it is otherwise indicated in the individual
specifications of the standards that the browser supports, as listed in section 2.2.

The standards mode of Internet Explorer 8 implements standards that have the same variations and
extensions as IE8 mode in Internet Explorer 9 unless it is otherwise indicated in the individual
specifications of the standards that the browser supports.

The document mode name sometimes includes "standards", such as IE8 standards mode, to
differentiate the mode from "Almost Standards" mode. For brevity, the extra word is not included in
this documentation.

Note   Almost Standards mode enables the browser to properly render sliced-images-in-tables

layouts. Rendering in Almost Standards mode matches standards mode except for the layout of
images inside table cells. This type of table layout is handled the same way that Quirks Mode handles
it. For more information, see [MS-CSS21], section 6, Appendix D: Almost Standards Mode.

Inline elements contribute to line height only under conditions described in [MS-CSS21], section 6.2.
Otherwise, rendering is handled the same as in standards mode.

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2.1.3.1 How Internet Explorer Chooses Between Document Modes

By default, Internet Explorer 8 uses IE8 mode, Internet Explorer 9 uses IE9 mode, etc. However,
Internet Explorer uses several criteria to determine which document mode to use. For example, if an
HTML page contains a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration (see [HTML5]), Internet Explorer uses one of the
standards-based document modes. But, if there is no valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration, Internet Explorer
uses Quirks Mode. Microsoft Edge is designed to be interoperable for the web and is designed
primarily to run in EdgeHTML mode. Only when there is no <!DOCTYPE> declaration does a page render
in Quirks Mode.

The following rules determine how Internet Explorer selects the document mode:

1. The Developer Tools setting overrides any document mode specified by a webpage. The
setting remains active for the lifetime of the tab.

2. In Internet Explorer 9, if the document is hosted in an iframe element, the document mode is
determined by the document mode of the top-level webpage. Subdocuments cannot be rendered
in IE9 mode unless the top-level document is also in IE9 mode.

3. A meta tag with a value of X-UA-Compatible or a HTTP response header can override items in
the Compatibility View Settings list and the doctype unless the X-UA-Compatible value is a
Compatibility View setting, such as IE=EmulateIE7 or IE=EmulateIE8.

4. The Compatibility View settings can force a webpage to be displayed in a less-standard

document mode.

5. The Local Compatibility Site list, the Microsoft Compatibility Site list and the Enterprise Mode
IE Compatibility Site list can force a webpage to be displayed in other document modes.

6. Group Policy settings override settings and force all webpages to be displayed in the specified
document mode.

7. If none of these rules apply, the <!DOCTYPE> declaration determines whether the webpage
renders in a standards mode, Almost Standards mode, or Quirks Mode.

The following rules determine how Microsoft Edge selects the document mode:

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration determines whether the webpage renders some specific Quirks
Mode emulation (QME) behaviors called out in the [MS-HTML5] and [MS-CSS21]
documentation.

The following sections explain how these rules affect how Internet Explorer selects between document
modes. Most of these sections do not apply to Microsoft Edge unless explicitly called out.

2.1.3.2 Developer Tools

This functionality will not be implemented in any version of Microsoft Edge.

In Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, and Internet Explorer 10, a user can select the browser
mode and document mode by using the Developer Tools (F12) in Internet Explorer. These settings
remain active for subsequent navigations in the same tab. The following diagram shows how
Developer Tools settings impact the browser mode and document mode. This diagram also includes a
screen shot of the Document Mode menu in the Developer Tools window.

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2.1.3.3 Enterprise Mode IE (EMIE)

This functionality will not be implemented in any version of Microsoft Edge.

In Internet Explorer 11, within an enterprise environment, a system administrator can configure
enterprise web apps and websites to emulate Internet Explorer 8, avoiding the common compatibility
problems associated with web apps, and website written and tested on older versions of Internet
Explorer.

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2.1.3.4 iframe Handling

Internet Explorer 9 restricts the document mode of webpages that are hosted within iframe elements.
If the top-level page is not in IE9 mode, the iframe element cannot render its contents in IE9 mode,
even if the web developer specifies it.

This behavior is available only in Internet Explorer 9. The following diagram shows how iframe
elements impact the document mode.

Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 both use Quirks Mode emulation if the top-level page is
not in EdgeHTML Mode. Quirks Mode in Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 is based on the
definition of Quirks Mode from the HTML5 standard.

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2.1.3.5 X-UA-Compatibility Meta Tag and HTTP Response Header

This functionality will not be implemented in any version of Microsoft Edge.

Web developers can also specify a document mode by including instructions in a meta element or
HTTP response header:

§ Webpages that include a meta element (see [HTML5]) with an http-equivalent value of X-UA-
Compatible.

§ Webpages that are served with an HTTP header named "X-UA-Compatible".

If both of these instructions are sent, the developer's preference (meta element) takes precedence
over the web server setting (HTTP header).

For more information about how to control default rendering with document modes, see "META Tags
and Locking in Future Compatibility" at [MSDN-METATagsLocking].

The X-UA-Compatible value determines Internet Explorer's document as follows:

X-UA-Compatible value Document modes

IE=5 Quirks Mode

IE=7 IE7 mode

IE=8 IE8 mode

IE=9 IE9 mode

IE=10 IE10 mode

IE=11 IE11 mode

IE=edge The highest supported document mode of the browser

IE=EmulateIE7 IE7 mode (if a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present)

Quirks Mode (otherwise)

IE=EmulateIE8 IE8 mode (if a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present)

Quirks Mode (otherwise)

IE=EmulateIE9 IE9 mode (if a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present)

Quirks Mode (otherwise)

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X-UA-Compatible value Document modes

IE=EmulateIE10 IE10 mode (if a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present)

Quirks Mode (otherwise)

IE=EmulateIE11 IE11 mode (if a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is present)

Quirks Mode (otherwise)

For example, in Internet Explorer 8, IE=9, IE=Edge, and IE=EmulateIE9 result in IE8 mode.

Browser emulation modes are not document modes. They instruct Internet Explorer about how to
select a document mode when a valid <!DOCTYPE> declaration is included.

The following diagram shows how Internet Explorer determines the appropriate document mode based
on the meta element or HTTP header.

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Compatibility View settings can also impact the document mode selection:

§ If a webpage is retrieved from a website in the Local intranet zone (see "About URL Security
Zones" at [MSDN-SECZONES]), IE7 mode is used.

§ If the webpage is retrieved from a site in a domain on the Compatibility View list (and the list is
active), IE7 mode is used (see "Understanding the Compatibility View List" at [MSDN-
UnderstandingCompViewList]).

Compatibility View is controlled by browser settings. When a user clicks the Compatibility View
button next to the Address bar in Internet Explorer, the website is added to a local list of exceptions
called the "Compatibility View list." The user can manage the list in the Compatibility View Settings
dialog box.

The "Display all websites in Compatibility View" feature is not available in Internet Explorer 11.

In addition to the user's local Compatibility View list, Microsoft regularly publishes a list of popular
sites that render better in Compatibility View. The user can choose to use this list by selecting the
Include updated website lists from Microsoft check box in the Compatibility View Settings
dialog box.

Finally, the user can choose to view all websites or intranet sites in Compatibility View by selecting the
Display intranet sites in Compatibility View or Display all websites in Compatibility View
check boxes in the Compatibility View Settings dialog box.

The following diagram shows how Internet Explorer determines the appropriate document mode based
on Compatibility View settings.

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The following table lists examples of the most common <!DOCTYPE> declarations and how they
influence which document mode is used.

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HTML 4.0 and higher Standards mode or EdgeHTML

in Microsoft Edge
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"

"http://www.w3org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"

"http://www.w3org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

XHTML with or without a system identifier

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"

"http://www.w3org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.0//EN"

"http://www.w3org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic10.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

"http://www.w3org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

Unknown

<!DOCTYPE html>

XHTML Transitional or Frameset "Almost Standards" mode

(standards mode in IE7)
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0

Frameset//EN">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0

Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhmlt1-
transitional.dtd">

HTML 4.0 or HTML 4.01 Transitional or Frameset with a

system identifier

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0

Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01

Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0

Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3org/TR/1999/REC-html401-
19991224/loose.dtd">

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HTML 4 and lower, or no DOCTYPE Quirks Mode or Quirks Mode

emulation in Microsoft Edge
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0

Transitional//EN">

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01

Transitional//EN">

None

2.1.3.8 X-UA-Compatible Processing Instruction

This functionality will not be implemented in any version of Microsoft Edge.

Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11 use the x-ua-compatible processing instruction to
switch the document mode of XML and XHTML documents:
<?x-ua-compatible content="IE=10"?>

This processing instruction (PI), in combination with other IE document mode settings, produces the
following behavior for XML:

The x-ua-compatible PI can affect document mode just like the meta tag in HTML:

1. The X-UA-Compatible HTTP header can affect the document mode just like in HTML.
2. The minimum selectable document mode for XML is 9 (this differs from HTML).
Note that if the Browser Mode (set via CV List, CV Button, Dev Tools, Intranet, etc.) is less
than IE9, then the legacy MSXML Mime Viewer will be used for "text/xml" documents
regardless of any other versioning information.
3. Quirks emulation mode (QME) is not supported in XML documents.
4. The x-ua-compatible PI can only be preceded by the XML Declaration and/or whitespace, anything
else causes it to be ignored.
5. The value of the x-ua-compatible PI must in the form of well-formed XML attributes, else it will be
ignored.
6. Only the "content" attribute from the x-ua-compatible PI will be read, but other attributes are
allowed.
7. The supported format for the "content" attribute on the x-ua-compatible PI must match the meta
tag from HTML.
8. Using the x-ua-compatible PI prior to an XSLT transform sets the "ceiling" mode of the output
from XSLT. For example if the PI opts into IE9 mode in Internet Explorer 10 and the transform
produces HTML output with the HTML5 DOCTYPE, then that output will render in IE9 mode.
Conversely if the output does not contain a DOCTYPE, it will render in Quirks Mode.

2.1.4 Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

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Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) version 3 provides the XML functionality of Internet Explorer in
Quirks Mode, IE7 Mode, and IE8 Mode. In IE9 Mode, MSXML6 is used for rendering XSLT [W3C-XSLT],
however Internet Explorer 9 natively implements XML [XML10], XHTML [W3C-XHTML1.0], XML
Namespaces [XMLNS], and XML Stylesheets [W3C-XML-StyleSheets].

The MSXML or native parser is loaded whenever Internet Explorer encounters one or more of the
following conditions:

§ A document is served with one of the following Content-Type HTTP headers:

§ text/xml

§ application/xml

§ application/xml+xhtml (Internet Explorer 9)

§ image/svg+xml

§ An XMLHttpRequest object provides access to an XML DOM containing the network response in
the responseXML property (see [MSDN-responseXML]).

§ An XML data island is accessed with the XMLDocument property (see [MSDN-XMLDataIslands]).
Data islands are not supported IE10 Mode and IE11 Mode.

The Internet Explorer Standards Support Documentation also includes documents that describe
MSXML and Internet Explorer 9 conformance to DOM and XML standards.

2.1.5 Character Set Standards

Character sets in the HTML 5 standard [HTML5] are referenced in ISO/IEC 10646-2003, Information
technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS) (see [MS-ISO10646]). All versions
of Internet Explorer support ISO/IEC 8859-1 and others, Information Technology -- 8-bit Single-byte
Coded Graphic Character Sets (see [MS-ISO8859]). In general, string handling is performed as UTF-
16.

Character set values are supplied to HTML using either the Content-Type header or the META element.
The following example specifies the character set for the Latin alphabet set number 1:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

The following example does the same with an XML processing instruction:

<?xml version="1.0" charset="iso-8859-1"?>

For more information, see [MSDN-EncodeXMLData].

2.2 Standards Support Summary

The tables below provide a list of certain final-approved Internet standards implemented by Internet
Explorer and / or Microsoft Edge.

Standards in this table enable functionality in web documents.

Standard
Name Description Link

Accessible Rich Internet This specification provides an ontology of roles, [MS-ARIA]

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Applications (WAI- states, and properties that define accessible user

ARIA) 1.0 interface elements and can be used to improve
the accessibility and interoperability of web
content and applications.

HTML Canvas 2D This specification defines the 2D Context for the [MS-CANVAS2D]
Context HTML canvas element. The 2D Context provides
objects, methods, and properties to draw and
manipulate graphics on a canvas drawing surface.

Cross-Origin Resource This document defines a mechanism to enable [MS-CORS]

Sharing client-side cross-origin requests. Specifications [MS-CORSXF]
that enable an API to make cross-origin requests
to resources can use the algorithms defined by
this specification.

Cascading Style Sheets CSS is a style sheet language that allows authors [MS-CSS21]
(CSS) 1.0 and 2.1 and users to attach style (such as fonts and [MS-CSS21E]
spacing) to structured documents (such as HTML
documents and XML applications).

CSS3 Color Module CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language for [MS-CSS3COLR]
Level 3 describing the rendering of HTML and XML
documents on screen, on paper, in speech, etc. It
uses color-related properties and values to color
the text, backgrounds, borders, and other parts of
elements in a document. This specification
describes color values and properties for
foreground color and group opacity. These include
properties and values from CSS level 2 and new
values.

Media Queries A media query consists of a media type and zero [MS-CSS3MQ]
or more expressions that check for the conditions
of particular media features. By using media
queries, presentations can be tailored to a specific
range of output devices without changing the
content itself.

CSS Namespaces This CSS Namespaces module defines the syntax [MS-CSS3NS]
Module for using namespaces in CSS. It defines the
@namespace rule for declaring the default
namespace and binding namespaces to
namespace prefixes, and it also defines a syntax
that other specifications can adopt for using those
prefixes in namespace-qualified names

Selectors Level 3 Selectors are patterns that match against [MS-CSS3SEL]

elements in a tree, and as such form one of
several technologies that can be used to select
nodes in an XML document. Selectors have been
optimized for use with HTML and XML, and are
designed to be usable in performance-critical
code.

CSS Style Attributes Markup languages such as HTML and SVG provide [MS-CSSATTR]
a style attribute on most elements, to hold inline
style information that applies to those elements.
This draft describes the syntax and interpretation
of the CSS fragment that can be used in such
style attributes.

Document Object Model DOM Level 1 provides a platform- and language- [MS-DOM1]
(DOM) Level 1 neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content,

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Name Description Link

structure and style of documents. The Document

Object Model provides a standard set of objects
for representing HTML and XML documents, a
standard model of how these objects can be
combined, and a standard interface for accessing
and manipulating them.

Document Object Model The DOM Level 2 Core is made of a set of core [MS-CSS21E]
(DOM) Level 2 Core interfaces to create and manipulate the structure [MS-DOM2C]
and contents of a document. The Core also
contains specialized interfaces dedicated to XML. [MS-DOM2CE]
The DOM Level 2 Core builds on the DOM Level 1
Core.

Document Object Model DOM Level 2 Events is a platform- and language- [MS-DOM2E]
(DOM) Level 2 Events neutral interface that gives to programs and [MS-DOM2EE]
scripts a generic event system. The DOM Level 2
Events builds on the DOM Level 2 Core and on
DOM Level 2 Views.

Document Object Model DOM Level 2 HTML is a platform- and language- [MS-DOM2H]
(DOM) Level 2 HTML neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content and
structure of HTML and XHTML documents. The
DOM Level 2 HTML builds on the DOM Level 2
Core and is not backward compatible with DOM
Level 1.

Document Object Model DOM Level 2 Style is a platform- and language- [MS-DOM2S]
(DOM) Level 2 Style neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content of
style sheets documents. The DOM Level 2 Style
builds on the DOM Level 2 Core and on the DOM
Level 2 Views.

Document Object Model The DOM Level 2 Traversal and Range [MS-DOM2TR]
(DOM) Level 2 specification contains specialized interfaces
Traversal and Range dedicated to traversing the document structure
Specification and identifying an manipulating a range in a
document. This standards support document
describes Internet Explorer variations to and
clarifications of the specification.

Document Object Model DOM Level 2 Views is a platform- and language- [MS-DOM2V]
(DOM) Level 2 Views neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content of a
representation of a document. The DOM Level 2
Views builds on the DOM Level 2 Core.

Document Object Model DOM Level 3 Core is a platform- and language- [MS-DOM3C]
(DOM) Level 3 Core neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content,
structure and style of documents. The DOM Level
3 Core builds on the DOM Level 2 Core.

W3C DOM4 DOM defines a platform-neutral model for events [MS-DOM4]

and node trees. DOM4 adds Mutation Observers
as a replacement for Mutation Events.

Element Traversal The Element Traversal Specification describes [MS-ELTRAV]

navigation of the elements in a DOM tree,
excluding all other nodes, such as text nodes, and
provides an attribute to expose the number of

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Name Description Link

child elements of an element.

Geolocation API The Geolocation API specification defines an API [MS-GEOLOC]

Specification that provides scripted access to geographical
location information associated with the hosting
device.

High Resolution Time Defines a JavaScript interface that provides the [MS-HIREST]
current time in sub-millisecond resolution and
such that it is not subject to system clock skew or
adjustments.

HTML 4.01 HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the [MS-HTML401]

publishing language of the World Wide Web. It [MS-HTML401E]
defines how to describe structured documents
with headings, text, tables, lists, photos,
hypertext links, and forms.

HTML5 HTML5 is the latest version of the HyperText [MS-HTML5]

Markup Language (HTML) specification. This [MS-HTML5E]
document describes Internet Explorer variations
from and clarifications to the HTML5 specification.

Indexed Database API Defines APIs for a database of records holding [MS-INDEXDB]
simple values and hierarchical objects. Each
record consists of a key and some value.
Moreover, the database maintains indexes over
records it stores.

Coding of audio-visual This specification specifies advanced video coding [MS-ISO14496-10]

objects -- Part 10: for coding of audio-visual objects.
Advanced Video Coding

HTML5 Image This specification defines a longdesc attribute [MS-LONGDESC]

Description Extension (based on the longdesc attribute of HTML 4) to
(longdesc) link descriptions to images in HTML5 content.

Navigation Timing Defines an interface for web applications to access [MS-NAVTIM]

timing information related to navigation and
elements.

The Platform for Privacy The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) enables [MS-P3P]
Preferences 1.0 Web sites to express their privacy practices in a
(P3P1.0) standard format that can be retrieved
automatically and interpreted easily by user
agents.

Page Visibility Defines a means for site developers to [MS-PAGEVIS]

programmatically determine the current visibility
state of the page in order to develop power and
CPU efficient web applications.

ISO 32000-1:2008 Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format [MS-PDF]

Document management widely used for the exchange and viewing of
-- Portable document electronic documents.
format -- Part 1: PDF
1.7

Performance Timeline The Performance Timeline specification defines a [MS-PERFTL]

unified interface to store and retrieve performance
metric data.

PICS Label Distribution The PICS specifications enable labels (metadata) [MS-PICSL]
Label Syntax and to be associated with Internet content. It was
Communication originally designed to help parents and teachers
Protocols control what children access on the Internet, but

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Name Description Link

they also facilitate other uses for labels, including

code signing and privacy.
The PICS Label specification defines a general
format for labels and methods by which these
labels may be transmitted.

PICSRules 1.1 The PICSRules specification defines a language for [MS-PICSRL]

writing profiles, which are filtering rules that allow
or block access to URLs based on PICS labels that
describe those URLs. This language is intended as
a transmission format; Internet Explorer reads
specifications in this language.

Pointer Events Defines events and related interfaces for handling [MS-POINTER]
hardware agnostic pointer input from devices
including a mouse, pen, touchscreen, etc..

Rating Services and The PICS Rating Services specification defines a [MS-PICSRS]
Rating Systems (and language for describing rating services. Internet
Their Machine Readable Explorer reads service descriptions written in this
Descriptions) 1.1 language in order to interpret content labels.

Ruby Annotation "Ruby" are short runs of text alongside the base [MS-RUBY]
text, typically used in East Asian documents to
indicate pronunciation or to provide a short
annotation.

Selectors API Level 1 Selectors, which are widely used in CSS, are [MS-SELAPI1]
patterns that match against elements in a tree
structure. The Selectors API specification defines
methods for retrieving Element nodes from the
DOM by matching against a group of selectors. It
is often desirable to perform DOM operations on a
specific set of elements in a document. The
methods defined in this specification simplify the
process of acquiring specific elements, especially
compared with the more verbose techniques
defined and used in the past.

Scalable Vector SVG is a modularized language for describing two- [MS-SVG]

Graphics (SVG) 1.1 dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster
(Second Edition) graphics in XML.

Touch Events Defines a set of low-level events that represent [MS-TOUCH]

one or more points of contact with a touch-
sensitive surface, and changes of those points
with respect to the surface and any DOM elements
displayed upon it (e.g. for touch screens) or
associated with it (e.g. for drawing tablets without
displays).

Timed Text Markup The Timed Text Markup Language is a content [MS-TTML]
Language (TTML) 1.0 type that represents timed text media for the
purpose of interchange among authoring systems.
Timed text is textual information that is
intrinsically or extrinsically associated with timing
information.

User Timing The User Timing specification defines an interface [MS-USERTIM]

to help web developers measure the performance
of their applications by giving them access to high
precision timestamps.

HTML5 Web Messaging This specification defines two mechanisms for [MS-WEBMSG]
communicating between browsing contexts in

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Name Description Link

HTML documents.

Web Notifications Web Notifications defines an API for end-user [MS-WEBNOT]

notifications. A notification allows alerting the user
outside the context of a web page of an
occurrence, such as the delivery of email.

Web Storage The Web Storage specification defines an API for [MS-WEBSTG]
persistent data storage of key-value pair data in
web clients.

Web Storage (Second This specification defines an API for persistent [MS-WEBSTG2]
Edition) data storage of key-value pair data in Web clients.

WOFF File Format 1.0 The WOFF font packaging format was designed to [MS-WOFF1]
provide lightweight, easy-to-implement
compression of font data, suitable for use with
CSS @font-face rules. Any properly licensed
TrueType, OpenType, or Open Font Format file
can be packaged in WOFF format for Web use.

XHTML™ 1.0 The XHTML is a family of current and future document [MS-XHTML]
Extensible HyperText types and modules that reproduce, subset, and
Markup Language extend HTML 4. XHTML family document types are
(Second Edition) XML based, and ultimately are designed to work in
conjunction with XML-based user agents.

Standards in this table enable functionality in XML documents.

Where Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 use MSXML3 exclusively, Internet Explorer 9,
Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11 use MSXML3 to support such specifications only in
Quirks Mode, IE7 mode, and IE8 mode. Internet Explorer also includes built-in support for XML
specifications in Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11. The built-in
support is described in [MS-XMLH] and [MS-XMLNSH].

Standard
Name Description Link

Document Object Model DOM Level 1 provides a platform- and language- [MS-DOM1X]
(DOM) Level 1 neutral interface that allows programs and scripts
to dynamically access and update the content,
structure and style of documents. The Document
Object Model provides a standard set of objects
for representing HTML and XML documents, a
standard model of how these objects can be
combined, and a standard interface for accessing
and manipulating them.

Document Object Model The DOM Level 2 Core is made of a set of core [MS-DOM2CX]
(DOM) Level 2 Core interfaces to create and manipulate the structure [MS-DOM2CEX]
and contents of a document. The Core also
contains specialized interfaces dedicated to XML.
The DOM Level 2 Core builds on the DOM Level 1
Core.

Extensible Markup The Extensible Markup Language (XML) allows [MS-XML]

Language (XML) 1.0 generic data to be served, received, and [MS-XMLH]
(Fourth Edition) processed on the Web in the way that is now
similar to HTML. XML was designed for ease of
implementation and for interoperability with both
SGML and HTML.

Namespaces in XML 1.0 XML namespaces provide a simple method for [MS-XMLNS]
(Third Edition) qualifying element and attribute names used in

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Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents by [MS-XMLNSH]

associating them with namespaces identified by
IRI references.

XML Schema Part 2: This specification defines facilities for defining [MS-XMLSD]
Datatypes Second datatypes to be used in XML Schemas as well as
Edition other XML specifications. The datatype language
provides a superset of the capabilities found in
XML 1.0 document type definitions (DTDs) for
specifying datatypes.

XML Schema Part 1: This specification sets out the structural part of [MS-XMLSS]
Structures (Second the XML Schema definition language.
Edition)

Associating Style This specification describes how a style sheet can [MS-XMLSTYL]
Sheets with XML be associated with an XML document by including
documents 1.0 (Second one or more processing instructions.
Edition)

XML Path Language XPath is a language for addressing parts of an [MS-XPATH]

(XPath) Version 1.0 XML document. It also provides basic facilities for
manipulation of strings, numbers and Booleans.

XSL Transformations XSLT is a language for transforming XML [MS-XSLT]

(XSLT) Version 1.0 documents into other XML documents.

Standards in this table enable support of image files (for Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8
only.)

Standard
Name Description Link

ISO-10918-1:1994 Specifies processes for converting source image [MS-JPEG]

Information technology data to compressed image data. ISO-10918-1 is
-- Digital compression used in images commonly referred to as "JPEG"
and coding of files.
continuous-tone still
images: Requirements
and guidelines

Portable Network PNG is an extensible file format for the lossless, [MS-PNG]
Graphics (PNG) portable, well-compressed storage of raster
(Second Edition) images. It is also published as ISO/IEC
15948:2003.

Standards in this table enable support of character sets.

Standard
Name Description Link

ISO/IEC 10646:2003 Specifies the representation, transmission, [MS-ISO10646]

Information technology interchange, processing, storage, input and
-- Universal Multiple- presentation of the written form of the languages
Octet Coded Character of the world as well as additional symbols.
Set (UCS)

ISO/IEC 8859-1:1998 Specifies the character-encoding scheme for [MS-ISO8859]

ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 characters such as "Latin alphabet no. 1"
consisting of 191 characters from the Latin script.
ISO/IEC 8859-9:1999
ISO/IEC 8859-15:1999
ISO/IEC 8859-16:2001

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Information technology
-- 8-bit single-byte
coded graphic character
sets
Parts 1, 8, 9, 15 and 16

Standards in this table enable support of the Microsoft JScript Object Model.

Standard
Name Description Link

ECMA-402 This Ecma standard defines the application [MS-ECMA402]

ECMAScript® programming interface for ECMAScript objects
Internationalization API that support programs that need to adapt to the
Specification linguistic and cultural conventions used by
different human languages and countries.

ECMA-402 This Ecma standard defines the application [MS-ESI2]

ECMAScript® programming interface for ECMAScript objects
Internationalization API that support programs that need to adapt to the
Specification 2nd Edition linguistic and cultural conventions used by
different human languages and countries. This is
the 2nd edition of the specification.

ECMA-262 ECMAScript is a web page scripting language. This [MS-ES3]

ECMAScript® Language is the 3rd edition of the specification. [MS-ES3EX]
Specification 3rd
Edition

ECMA-262 ECMAScript is a web page scripting language. This [MS-ES5]

ECMAScript® Language is the 5th edition of the specification. [MS-ES5EX]
Specification 5th
Edition

ECMA-262 ECMAScript is a web page scripting language. This [MS-ES51]

ECMAScript® Language is edition 5.1 of the specification. [MS-ES5EX]
Specification 5.1 Edition

ECMA-262 ECMAScript is a web page scripting language. This [MS-ES6]

ECMAScript® Language is the 6th edition of the specification.
Specification 6th
Edition

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No table of changes is available. The document is either new or has had no changes since its last
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C Tracking changes 31

Change tracking 31

Document modes 10

Glossary 4

Specifications
Associating Style Sheets with XML Documents 23
Cascading Style Sheets Level 1 23
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style 23
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views 23
ECMAScript Language Specification 3rd Edition 23
Element Traversal Specification 23
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth
Edition) 23
HTML 4.01 Specification 23
Information Technology -- 8-bit Single-byte Coded
Graphic Character Sets (section 2.1.5 23,
section 2.2 23)
Information technology -- Universal Multiple-Octet
Coded Character Set (UCS) (section 2.1.5 23,
section 2.2 23)
ISO/IEC 10646-2003 (section 2.1.5 23, section 2.2
23)
ISO/IEC 8859-1 (section 2.1.5 23, section 2.2 23)
ISO-10918-1-1994 23
Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition) 23
PICS Label Distribution Label Syntax and
Communication Protocols 23
PICS Rating Services and Systems Version 1.1 23
PICSRules 1.1 23
Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) 23
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) 23
Ruby Annotation 23
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 23
Timed Text Markup Language 23
XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup
Language (Second Edition) 23
XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0 23
XML Schema Part 1
Structures Second Edition 23
XML Schema Part 2
Datatypes Second Edition 23
XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 23

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