Posted by Toby Inkster on 05/07/06 05:52

Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> Toby Inkster wrote:
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>
>>> <a name="italienskan-ligan"</a>
>
> I know SGML syntax is a bit lax but how would it identify beginning and
> end of a tag, tag parameters, and containing data within elements if
> trailing '>' could be optional?

Simple: the '<' character is not allowed within a tag unless it's quoted,
thus the '<' must be the start of another tag, thus the first tag must
have closed.

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