Vamos por parte, HTML 4.01
Tag Script, el type es obligatorio, ver en:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interac....html#h-18.2.1 Cita: <!ELEMENT SCRIPT - - %Script; -- script statements -->
<!ATTLIST SCRIPT
charset %Charset; #IMPLIED -- char encoding of linked resource --
type %ContentType; #REQUIRED -- content type of script language --
src %URI; #IMPLIED -- URI for an external script --
defer (defer) #IMPLIED -- UA may defer execution of script --
>
Tag Link, el type es no obligatorio, ver en:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.3 Cita: <!ELEMENT LINK - O EMPTY -- a media-independent link -->
<!ATTLIST LINK
%attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
charset %Charset; #IMPLIED -- char encoding of linked resource --
href %URI; #IMPLIED -- URI for linked resource --
hreflang %LanguageCode; #IMPLIED -- language code --
type %ContentType; #IMPLIED -- advisory content type --
rel %LinkTypes; #IMPLIED -- forward link types --
rev %LinkTypes; #IMPLIED -- reverse link types --
media %MediaDesc; #IMPLIED -- for rendering on these media --
>
En cambio en HMTL 5:
Tag Script,el type es no obligatorio, si el script que se agrega es javascript, en cualquier otro caso se convierte en obligatorio ver en:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/scripting-1.html#script Cita: When used to include dynamic scripts, the scripts may either be embedded inline or may be imported from an external file using the src attribute. If the language is not that described by "text/javascript", then the type attribute must be present, as described below. Whatever language is used, the contents of the script element must conform with the requirements of that language's specification.
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The type attribute gives the language of the script or format of the data. If the attribute is present, its value must be a valid MIME type. The charset parameter must not be specified. The default, which is used if the attribute is absent, is "text/javascript".
Tag Link, el type es no obligatorio ver en:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics...e-link-element Cita: The type attribute gives the MIME type of the linked resource. It is purely advisory. The value must be a valid MIME type.
For external resource links, the type attribute is used as a hint to user agents so that they can avoid fetching resources they do not support. If the attribute is present, then the user agent must assume that the resource is of the given type (even if that is not a valid MIME type, e.g. the empty string). If the attribute is omitted, but the external resource link type has a default type defined, then the user agent must assume that the resource is of that type. If the UA does not support the given MIME type for the given link relationship, then the UA should not obtain the resource; if the UA does support the given MIME type for the given link relationship, then the UA should obtain the resource at the appropriate time as specified for the external resource link's particular type. If the attribute is omitted, and the external resource link type does not have a default type defined, but the user agent would obtain the resource if the type was known and supported, then the user agent should obtain the resource under the assumption that it will be supported.
User agents must not consider the type attribute authoritative — upon fetching the resource, user agents must not use the type attribute to determine its actual type. Only the actual type (as defined in the next paragraph) is used to determine whether to apply the resource, not the aforementioned assumed type.
Como siempre, en caso de dudas, hay que recurrir a la especificacion