- From: Gabor Hojtsy <gabor@hojtsy.hu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:08:04 +0200
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
> >Brrrrr, <link can be closed with / ?? What standard says, that a tag can > > be closed with / alone? I must have missed it. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes#h-B.3.7 > > >So then what if I have a normal > >validating head, and this as the <body>: > ><body><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10" alt="xhtml"/><hr > >/></body> > > > >This also validates as HTML 4.01. None of the <img/> or <hr/> tags close > > the body, or anything... > > Again, the / closes the element and the following > is interpreted as > character data. Take a look at > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgoba.hu%2Fvaltest2.html&verb >ose=1&sp=1 Well, thanks for the information. I now know that my page will hardly validate as HTML 4.01... It's sad that the SGML interpretation is that far from browser interpretation.... Thanks for the englightment, Goba
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