844 2004-08-23 11:13:26 +0000 <a /> should not pass as valid. 2004-08-23 17:34:39 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator Parser 0.7.0 Other other RESOLVED INVALID P3 minor --- 1 Lance link www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 2148 0 Lance 2004-08-23 11:13:26 +0000 The HTML Validator is incorrectly accepting: <a id="EEKaBug" /> As a properly formatted and closed <a> tag. 2149 1 david 2004-08-23 11:44:24 +0000 This is valid in XHTML. It does not conform to Appendix C, but that is not covered by validation. 2150 2 Lance 2004-08-23 12:59:33 +0000 Doesn't this contradict: http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/ Section 4.3 ...All elements other than those declared in the DTD as EMPTY must have an end tag. 2151 3 david 2004-08-23 13:34:39 +0000 That section of the specification is informative, not normative. On the hand hand, the XML specification states: Empty-element tags MAY be used for any element which has no content, whether or not it is declared using the keyword EMPTY. http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#dt-content