Actually, it is more than that. The issue is that the restriction in XHTML is in the appendix about backwards compatibility. It has nothing to do with XHTML 1 per se. It has to do with historical browsers. Same thing with the <br /> back (where we put a space in so that it still works). Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > * Osmo Saarikumpu wrote: > >It seems that minimized containers validate ok, e.g.: > > > ><p /> > > > >This seems to be contrary to the XHTML 1 Standard that says: > > > >All elements other than those declared in the DTD as EMPTY must have an end > >tag. > > > >Is it a bug? > > No. XHTML is an XML application, all XML syntax rules apply, but they > cannot be restricted with a simple DTD. > -- > Björn Höhrmann ^ mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de ^ http://www.bjoernsworld.de > am Badedeich 7 ° Telefon: +49(0)4667/981028 ° http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > 25899 Dagebüll # PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 # http://learn.to/quote [!]e > -- listen, learn, contribute -- David J. Marcus -- Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.comReceived on Wednesday, 28 March 2001 15:28:28 UTC
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