--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/10/12 22:25:40	1.343
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/10/12 22:55:22	1.344
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.343 2004/10/12 22:25:40 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.344 2004/10/12 22:55:22 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ sub xmlbegin {
             .'<html xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" ' 
 		.'xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">';
   } else {
-      $output='<html>';
+      $output='<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html>';
   }
   return $output;
 }
