Subject: Re: [xsl] How to retain the end tag when outputting an empty element? From: "Andrew Sales andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 10:30:41 -0000 |
> But several people felt that > <test/> meant "this element type is declared as EMPTY, so it can never > have an end-tag" > whereas > <test></test> meant "this element is declared with potential content of > some kind, but for whatever reason on this occasion it has none". > As an aside here, I wonder if this preference has been influenced at all by the sentence from the Recommendation: "For interoperability [with SGML processors], the empty-element tag should be used, and should only be used, for elements which are declared EMPTY." [1] Andrew [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#dt-empty
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