16066 2012-02-21 21:59:29 +0000 Use of single solidus character on void elements. Almost all void elements used in the examples throughout the HTML5 specification have no closing single solidus character. In the Start tags section (8.1.2.1) it states that its use has no effect on void e 2012-03-03 20:35:12 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#top P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian age.bosma jackalmage mike Ms2ger public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 64395 0 contributor 2012-02-21 21:59:29 +0000 Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/Overview.html Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top Comment: Use of single solidus character on void elements. Almost all void elements used in the examples throughout the HTML5 specification have no closing single solidus character. In the Start tags section (8.1.2.1) it states that its use has no effect on void elements but it does on foreign elements. While not required, I'd suggest to use it on all void elements in the examples as well. This sets a good example and ensures that the reader gets presented with a consistent style for self-closing elements. It would be even better if a statement was added to the specs about what is recommended or considered good practise to do. Posted from: 87.195.226.142 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0.2 64440 1 jackalmage 2012-02-22 18:21:11 +0000 The self-closing slash is an XML-ism that has no effect on HTML. I don't understand what we'd be "setting an example" for by using it in more examples. 64981 2 Ms2ger 2012-03-03 20:35:12 +0000 The editor explicitly wishes to show different styles of authoring, to make it clear none of them is recommended over the others.