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Once upon a time you, Trond Are Undem, wrote:
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--> On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Jeffrey Hobbs wrote:
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--> > >What's right to use according to the standard and standards to come of 
--> > >the following:
--> > >
--> > >    <P></P>, <LI></LI>, <DT></DT>, <DD></DD>
--> > >
--> > >or without closing tags
--> > 
--> > Browsers should handle these with or without closing tags, but editors
--> > _should_ generate perfect HTML, meaning they should write it out with
--> > close tags.
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--> I see ... thanks for your help :)
--> 

Well, not having the closing tags for <P>, <LI> etc *is* perfect HTML.
>From the DTD:

<!ELEMENT P  - O (%text)+>
<!ELEMENT DT - O (%text)+>
<!ELEMENT DD - O  %flow;>
<!ELEMENT LI - O  %flow; -- list item -->

The `-' after the element name  indicates the opening tag is required,
the `O' in the  second field after the name indicates  the closing tag
is  optional. Hence,  using <P>,  <LI>,  <DT> and  <DD> without  </P>,
</LI>, </DT> and </DD> *is* perfect HTML.


Abigail
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