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> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Andrew Welch > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:37 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: how to close html tags : link, meta,... > > > > Nope. XHTML *is* XML. A browser that does understand <div></div> but > > doesn't > > understand <div/> clearly does not conform to the XHTML standard. > > All elements other than those declared in the DTD as EMPTY must have an > end tag. Elements that are declared in the DTD as EMPTY can have an end > tag or can use empty element shorthand > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.3 > > So, <div> should become <div></div>. Nope. You just cited it: it doesn't matter whether it's <div/> or <div></div>. A browser that treats both differently simply doesn't conform to the spec. > This is straying from the point. The point is that if <foo></foo> and > <foo/> are identical, and MSXML decides on an identity transform to > output <foo></foo> - why can't this be made available as a command line > choice. Because it doesn't matter for XML? > It wouldn't break anyone's output, it would merely help 1000's (probably > much more) of xslt'ers. I simply cannot understand anyone arguing > against the addition of this. Even the xml spec states that its > optional... (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#sec-starttags). It would help for people that try to feed XHTML into non-XHTML compliant browsers. Why do you try this in the first place? Julian -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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