- From: Michael Smith via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:42:49 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/markup/src In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv9649/src Modified Files: syntax.html Log Message: streamlined the description of what a start tag is Index: syntax.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/markup/src/syntax.html,v retrieving revision 1.60 retrieving revision 1.61 diff -u -d -r1.60 -r1.61 --- syntax.html 20 Jul 2009 18:26:46 -0000 1.60 +++ syntax.html 30 Jul 2009 16:42:47 -0000 1.61 @@ -210,37 +210,25 @@ case-insensitive.</li> <li> <dfn id="syntax-start-tags">Start tags</dfn> - must have the following format: + consist of the following parts, in exactly the following + order: <ol> - <li>The first character of a start tag must be a + <li>A "<code title="U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN"><</code>" character.</li> - <li>The next - few characters of a start tag must be the element’s + <li>A <a href="#tag-name" title="syntax-tag-name">tag name</a>.</li> - <li>If there are to be any attributes in the next step, - there must first be one or more - <a href="#space" - title="space character">space characters</a>.</li> - <li>Then, the start tag may have - a number of + <li>Optionally, one or more <a href="#attribute">attributes</a>, - which may be separated from each other by one or more + each of which must be preceded by one or more <a href="#space">space characters</a>.</li> - <li>After any - <a href="#attribute">attributes</a>, - the start tag may have one or more - <a href="#space">space characters</a>. - (Note that some - <a href="#attribute">attributes</a> - are <em>required</em> to be followed by a space.</li> - <li>A start tag must be closed by a - "<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>" - character. - <a href="#void-element">Void elements</a> - may have a single + <li>Zero or more + <a href="#space">space characters</a>.</li> + <li>Optionally, a "<code title="U+002F SOLIDUS">/</code>" - character before the closing + character, which may be present only if the element is a + <a href="#void-element">void element</a>.</li> + <li>A "<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>" character.</li> </ol>
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