For example, which is the difference between these:
And, in case they are exactly the same, why did HTML5 add srcdoc attribute?
Edit
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I am not comparing src with srcdoc, but src using text/html data URI with srcdoc.
Then, if the functionality chart is like this
| src attribute | srcdoc attribute
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URL | Yes | No without using src (*)
HTML content | Yes, using data URI | Yes
why is srcdoc needed?
(*) Note:
It seems srcdoc can be used to load a page by URL (Demo), using a subiframe with srcattribute: