Posted by EN on 05/03/06 22:26

"David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e3arqs$3n7$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
> Jim Higson wrote:
>
>> If you want the document to be HTML, close using </foo>
>
> No, don't.
>
> The META element
> Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4
>
> Document relationships: the LINK element
> Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.3

Clear,

So __both__ are wrong, visual studio is wrong for suggesting the /> ending,
and the conformance checker for requiring a </meta> tag.

>> If you want the document to be XHTML, you can use either.
>
> Not if you plan to serve as text/html
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_2
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#C_3

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