On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Dave Watts wrote: > > > > > > > Well, that's a little different. If you want to write HTML > > > > > > > that will comply with XHTML, you have to close every tag, > > > > > > > even BR and HR tags which would never contain anything - > > > > > > > that's just the nature of XML. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tags that do not have closing tags only need a slash at the > > > > > > end. Like <br />. > > > > > > > > > > When you put that slash in the end, you are closing that > > > > > element. In XML, these two notations are semantically identical: > > > > > > > > > > <br></br> > > > > > <br /> > > > > > > > > Maybe I misread but this was about xhtml not xml. In xhtml > > > > you do not need to explicitly close tags like <br> with a </br>. > > > > One <br /> is good enough. > > > > > > I think we're essentially saying the same thing. However, > > > XHTML is XML - XHTML is an XML-compliant language. A valid > > > XHTML document is, by definition, a well-formed and valid XML > > > document. In any XML language, including XHTML, each element > > > must have a start and end, and you have two ways to write that, > > > as previously shown. > > > > I don't know what you are getting at but here ... > > http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/xhtml.html > > > > "Empty" tags must be written with an extra slash at the end. > > An empty tag is one like <br> or <img src="foo.html"> that doesn't > > have a </br> or <img> to end it. In XHTML, such tags must be > > written as: <br />, and <img src="foo.gif" />. > > >From the definitive document on XHTML: > http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ > > "XHTML 1.0 (this specification) is the first document type in the XHTML > family. It is a reformulation of the three HTML 4 document types as > applications of XML 1.0. ... XHTML documents are XML conforming. As such, > they are readily viewed, edited, and validated with standard XML tools." > > In other words, XHTML is a specific XML language. This means that XHTML > follows the same syntactical constraints as any other XML language. > > Now, within any XML language, each element (what we'd normally refer to as a > "tag" in HTML) must have a start and an end. If an element is empty, you can > denote the end within the single element "tag" with a closing slash. You > don't have to do that, however, and either syntax is valid. Again, to quote > from the above link: > > "4.6 Empty Elements > Empty elements must either have an end tag or the start tag must end with > />. For instance, <br/> or <hr></hr>." > > So, I guess I don't know what you're getting at, but hopefully this will > clarify what I'm getting at. >
I am getting at that in XHTML tags that do not have an ending tag like <br> and <img> DO NOT need one. Maybe you should read these emails before you send out you marketing blurbs. ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
