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From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
To: "Osmo Saarikumpu" <sendosmo@hotmail.com>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:51:02 +0200
Message-ID: <62g4ct4fo5oi6soi0qg7ljcej7jhik8mfj@4ax.com>
Subject: Re: Minimized P valid XHTML?
* Osmo Saarikumpu wrote:
>It seems that minimized containers validate ok, e.g.:
>
><p />
>
>This seems to be contrary to the XHTML 1 Standard that says:
>
>All elements other than those declared in the DTD as EMPTY must have an end
>tag.
>
>Is it a bug?
No. XHTML is an XML application, all XML syntax rules apply, but they
cannot be restricted with a simple DTD.
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