RE: <empty /> vs <empty></empty?

> My problem is that some browsers don't like <div/> or <a 
> name="x"/>, not
> recognising that they both begin and *end* there, thinking 
> instead they are
> opening tags only.
> 

What output method are we talking about? I would expect the HTML output
method to use <p></p> for an empty paragraph, while using <br> and <hr> for
empty br and hr elements.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/