- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:09:10 -0500 (EST)
- To: xanthor@netcourrier.com
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 xanthor@netcourrier.com wrote: > I thougth that <br /> weren't allowed in HTML : it's said in the specs (http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/text.html#edef-BR) that the empty tag is forbidden. > But the validator accept it (And mozilla keeps in "Standards compliance mode") > So, are <br /> accepted in HTML 4.01 ? Yes, but it doesn't mean what you think. See <http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/empty.html>. -- Liam Quinn
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