Posted by Barbara de Zoete on 10/07/05 10:01

On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:36:49 +0200, Mark Parnell
<webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote:

> In our last episode, Barbara de Zoete <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com>
> pronounced to alt.html:
>
>> <!ELEMENT HTML O O (%html.content;) -- document root element -->
>
> And for those who can't read a DTD...go and learn. ;-)

Well, you could do that. Or, if you don't understand, you can just ask 'Hey,
that sounds great, but what the heck does it mean.'

> Just kidding (though it is worthwhile) - the O O after the element name
> means that both the opening and closing tags are optional.

Which would be a good answer to that question. :-)


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