- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:55:23 +1100
- To: tedd <tedd@sperling.com>
- CC: www-validator@w3.org
tedd wrote: > One can create a page that does not have an open <body> tag, but does > have a close </body> tag and the page will validate. I assume that this > is a bug. > > http://www.webbytedd.com/body.html It's not a bug. In HTML, the start and end tags for the body element are optional, as defined in the DTD, and you may include none, either or both and still validate. <!ELEMENT BODY O O (%block;|SCRIPT)+ +(INS|DEL) -- document body --> The same is also true for the html, head and tbody elements. Several others have required start tags with optional end tags, and others require both. This does not apply to XHTML documents. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web http://SpreadFirefox.com/ Igniting the Web
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