- From: Douglas Livingstone <lists@redmelon.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 14:07:15 +0100
- To: <www-html@w3.org>
> > Because the validators spot it. > > Literal answer: it is not legal to have unclosed tags in HTML, only unclosed > elements. > > However, the nsgmls program that underlies the W3C validator can be run in > a mode in which it makes optional closing tags, and optional elements > explicit. OK, rephrase: Because the validators spot it by default. > The validator is not part of XHTML. The validator is a tool; there are > tools that can spot unclosed HTML tags as well. True, but by adding an XHTML doctype at the top of my html files, I get the results from the tools which I use which I want/expect with no other work on my part setting up those tools. That is a good enough reason for me. (Its all soup after that anyway) Later, Douglas
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