1. Servlet 3.1 deployment descriptor
Java EE 7 XML schema, namespace is http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd" version="3.1"> </web-app>
2. Servlet 3.0 deployment descriptor
Java EE 6 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" version="3.0"> </web-app>
3. Servlet 2.5 deployment descriptor
Java EE 5 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5"> </web-app>
4. Servlet 2.4 deployment descriptor
J2EE 1.4 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4"> <display-name>Servlet 2.4 Web Application</display-name> </web-app>
5. Servlet 2.3 deployment descriptor
J2EE 1.3 DTDs schema. Thisweb.xml
file is too old, highly recommend you to upgrade it.
web.xml
<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd" >
<web-app> <display-name>Servlet 2.3 Web Application</display-name> </web-app>