In the current draft for SVG 1.1 Second Edition, DOCTYPE declaration usage is *not* being recommended [bug's URL]. It seems that suppressing it isn't trivial [1] but there are known workarounds (a couple in the provided link). The idea would be adding a mechanism to control the output of the DOCTYPE declaration. Also, maybe change the default to "do not emit the DOCTYPE" as well. [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlgraphics-batik-users/200908.mbox/%3COF29725232.1FB07677-ON85257623.003BF0EA-85257623.003C7CDB@knotes.kodak.com%3E
(In reply to comment #0) > In the current draft for SVG 1.1 Second Edition, DOCTYPE declaration usage > is *not* being recommended [bug's URL]. The draft has became a recommendation for a while already - updating bug's URL in accordance.