Posted by Mark Parnell on 05/05/06 02:40

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, Spartanicus
<invalid@invalid.invalid> declared in alt.html:

> I shouldn't have suggested that it was a spec compliance issue. Although
> there isn't even a "SHOULD NOT" recommendation in the spec, and the
> informative note you quoted even suggests the opposite, I consider using
> a closing tag for empty elements poor practice, on par with quick
> closing non empty elements, which IIRC is expressed as a "SHOULD NOT" in
> the spec.

Ah, we agree then. It is certainly bad practice. :-)

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Mark Parnell
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