- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:56:06 +0100
- To: Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de>
- Cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Received on Thursday, 27 October 2016 15:57:18 UTC
On 27 October 2016 at 16:42, Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote: > According to the HTML5 specification, the both the start tag and the end > tag of the form element are mandatory: > <https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-form-element>. > Hi Christophe, they are not mandatory to use, but if you do have a start tag <form> you must have an end tag </form> Ashraf, use of the form element is not a requirement for accessibility. If the interaction you have designed does not need a form element to function then that is fine. -- Regards SteveF Current Standards Work @W3C <http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
Received on Thursday, 27 October 2016 15:57:18 UTC