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Bug 5746 - Page validates
Summary: Page validates
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Parser (show other bugs)
Version: HEAD
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
URL: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=htt...
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Reported: 2008-06-13 14:42 UTC by David
Modified: 2008-06-13 15:29 UTC (History)
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Description David 2008-06-13 14:42:19 UTC 
The page validates despite missing a </body> and </html> tag.
Comment 1 Olivier Thereaux 2008-06-13 15:29:21 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> The page validates despite missing a </body> and </html> tag.

Closing tags for body and html elements are optional in HTML4.01, which this page is using.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/index/elements.html

If you want a doctype where elements' closing tags are always necessary, see XHTML 1.0.