On 8/31/05, Lukas Theussl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >the "two line break" visualization it's surely an IE issue but note that 
> ><br/> and <br></br> are not equivalent, br must be collapsed in html.
> >
> They *are* equivalent in XHTML 1.0 (see section 4.6 in [1]). They are
> not equivalent in HTML 4. Maven generated sites are XHTML 1.0.
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/

Yes, <br></br> SHOULD be equivalent to <br/> since xhtml should be
treated as xml, but if you look at Section C (HTML Compatibility
Guidelines):
C.2 [...] Also, use the minimized tag syntax for empty elements, e.g.
<br />, as the alternative syntax <br></br> allowed by XML gives
uncertain results in many existing user agents.

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