[Bug 12578] New: The note says: "Omitting an element's start tag does not mean the element is not present; it is implied, but it is still there." 1.) Before the word "start tag" should be an "optional", because in many (or all) other cases omitting the start tag results i

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12578

           Summary: The note says: "Omitting an element's start tag does
                    not mean the element is not present; it is implied,
                    but it is still there." 1.) Before the word "start
                    tag" should be an "optional", because in many (or all)
                    other cases omitting the start tag results i
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#opt
                    ional-tags
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/syntax.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#optional-tags

Comment:
The note says: "Omitting an element's start tag does not mean the element is
not present; it is implied, but it is still there." 1.) Before the word "start
tag" should be an "optional", because in many (or all) other cases omitting
the start tag results in an element not being present even if the appropriate
end tag is present. 2.) Before the word "implied" should be an "only", because
the critical information is not that an element exist *although* it is
implied, but that an element exists even if it is *only* implied.

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