Why is it not allowed to close the meta-tag?

Hi there, i am the webmaster of http://www.tarife-vergleichen.com and  
have some troubles with the W3 validator. What is the error with this  
line of html: <meta name="description" content="some Text" /> The  
Validator does not like the closed tag.

Why is it not allowed to close the meta-tag?

Best regards Karina

Received on Thursday, 28 January 2010 21:36:19 UTC