Re: XML style closing syntax from David Dorward on 2003-09-25 (www-validator@w3.org from September 2003)

From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:37:59 +0100
To: Jim Barter <jim@technophobia.co.uk>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <20030925163759.GD27346@us-lot.org>

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 01:18:36PM +0100, Jim Barter wrote:
> <img src="somegraphic.gif" alt="" />
> 
> The above code validates as HTML 4.01 transitional - even though the img tag
> has XML style closing syntax

Yes, this is correct... however it doesn't mean the same thing in HTML
and it does in XHTML. In HTML it is shorthand for:

<img src="somegraphic.gif" alt="">>

(Note the extra ">" - a browser that implements the spec correctly will
render that as a visible &gt; in the document.)

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David Dorward                                      http://dorward.me.uk

Received on Thursday, 25 September 2003 12:38:01 UTC