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Bug 16066 - 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
Summary: Use of single solidus character on void elements. Almost all void elements us...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-02-21 21:59 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-03-03 20:35 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2012-02-21 21:59:29 UTC
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.

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Comment 1 Tab Atkins Jr. 2012-02-22 18:21:11 UTC
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.
Comment 2 Ms2ger 2012-03-03 20:35:12 UTC
The editor explicitly wishes to show different styles of authoring, to make it clear none of them is recommended over the others.