- From: Ian Stuart <Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 09:02:53 +0000
- To: <www-validator@w3.org>
This is (technically) correct - even if it's bad behaviour on part of the developers. Closing tags are optional, therefore the opening of the <div> implies a closing of the <p> (both being block-level elements) - which therefore leaves a dangling </p> with no opened <p> on the validators stack. See https://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-html40-19980424/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.1 On 27/01/17 17:11, Johanna Raupe wrote: > If you create a <div> </div> within the <p></p> elements, the validator > replies that there is a closing </p> without an opening <p>. Instead it > should indicate a <div></div> is not allowed within the <p></p> elements.. -- Ian Stuart. Bibliographics and Multimedia Service Delivery team, EDINA, The University of Edinburgh. http://edina.ac.uk/ The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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