web.xml 文件头

 Servlet 2.3

<!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>

Servlet 2.4，J2EE 1.4 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee

<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>

Servlet 2.5，Java EE 5 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee

<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>

Servlet 3.0，Java EE 6 XML schema, namespace is http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee

<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>

Servlet 3.1，Java EE 7 XML schema, namespace is http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>

Servlet 4.1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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_4_0.xsd"
     version="4.0">
    <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
</web-app>

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https://www.mkyong.com/web-development/the-web-xml-deployment-descriptor-examples/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_servlet