8795 2010-01-21 19:55:19 +0000 The validator incorrectly accepts a self close for the script tag as valid html syntax. 2011-08-23 20:24:35 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check HEAD PC Windows XP RESOLVED INVALID P2 normal --- 1 thomas.bayus dave.null www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 31158 0 thomas.bayus 2010-01-21 19:55:19 +0000 The validator incorrectly accepts a self close for the script tag as valid html syntax. However, the html specs require a </script> follow a <script ... > tag ie. <script ... /> is treated the same way as <script ... ></script> All of the browsers will gobble up the entire rest of html page looking for the </script> close tag, and therefore display nothing. I was cleaning up a web page changing all of the <br> tags to <br />, etc, and I absentmindedly collapsed a <script ... ></script> pair down to <script ... />. The validator accepted the self close syntax, but the page no longer renders. 55727 1 ville.skytta 2011-08-23 20:24:35 +0000 It is not a validation error to use <script ... /> in XHTML, but as you noted, doing so does have compatibility issues with browsers.