Re: How to retain the end tag when outputting an empty

> Surely <test/> is canonical, and <test></test> isnbt?
> Or maybe I should look-up what canonical means in this context.
> And I guess the next question would be bwhyb as all XML parsers are (or
should be) happy with the single form, shouldnbt they.
>

https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n/#XMLCanonicalization section 2.3.

<test></test> is the canonical form. I've no idea why. Perhaps because it's
simpler, in the sense that all elements are serialized the same way regardless
of whether or not they are empty. (With no need for special rules about edge
cases, like elements that are empty except for comments).

Michael Kay
Saxonica