Why messed up?
So long as it's obvious to a human and unambiguous to the compiler, there's no point adding extra tags for the sake of it.
Probably don't even need the HTML tag, if you specify language via the Content-Language header...
code:
<!doctype html>
HEAD STUFF
<body>
BODY STUFF
Simple, obvious, and readable.
:)EDITED: 25 Mar 2011 16:48 by BOUGHTONP