In order to define charset for HTML5 Doctype, which notation should I use?

To define the character encoding (charset) for an HTML5 document, you should use the short notation with the <meta> tag:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>HTML5 Charset Example</title>
</head>
<body>
  <!-- Your content here -->
</body>
</html>

The short notation <meta charset="utf-8"> is the recommended and widely accepted way to specify the character encoding for an HTML5 document. It is more concise and considered a best practice.

The long notation with the <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"> attribute is an older approach that was used in HTML4.01 and XHTML documents. While it's still valid, the short notation is preferred in HTML5 for simplicity and compatibility.

In both notations, the "utf-8" value specifies the UTF-8 character encoding, which supports a wide range of characters from different languages and scripts.

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