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On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Tim Bray wrote: > ><doc><weird_element/><weird_element>with a content </weird_element></doc> > Well, the following DTD validates it: > <!ELEMENT doc (weird_element)+> > <!ELEMENT weird_element (#PCDATA)> OK, I never realized that <foo/> was just a shortcut for <foo></foo> and that the 2 forms could be used whether the element is empty or not. I thought <foo/> was reserved for those element which are trully EMPTY. Thank you all for the clarification. Michel
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