RE: how to close html tags : link, meta,...

> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Martinez,
> Brian
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 4:37 PM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  how to close html tags : link, meta,...
>
>
> > From: Julian Reschke [mailto:julian.reschke@xxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 7:45 AM
> > Subject: RE:  how to close html tags : link, meta,...
> >
> >
> > > I don't understand.  I'm it states that all element's in
> > the xhtml dtd
> > > that are not declared as empty should have a closing tag.
> > Those that
> > > are declared as empty may or may not have a closing tag (in
> > other words
> > > may or may not use the empty element syntax).
> >
> > Nope. It says:
> >
> > "Elements that are declared in the DTD as EMPTY can have an
> > end tag or can
> > use empty element shorthand (see Empty Elements)."
>
> But <div/>, which is the element Andrew specifically referred to, is *not*
> defined as EMPTY in the DTD.  It should not be written minimized.

If the spec would really forbid that, this would be a bug in the spec.

> ...
>
> The W3 site serves conformant XHTML.  IE has no trouble with it,
> at least my
> version (5.5).  An XSLT 1.0 processor is not the right tool to use if you
> want fully-conformant XHTML.

Yes, there are types of conformant XHTML that IE does accept. But there are
also types it doesn't understand. The "XML" output method doesn't guarantee
any particular form, but that doesn't mean it isn't producing
fully-conformant XHTML.

Julian

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