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    tharanga2

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    Optional Closing Tags in HTML
    « on: 06/15/09, 02:41 »
    For as long as I've been validating web pages, I never realized that the closing </head> tag was optional in HTML. I feel as if I've missed the boat at times. While I'm all for trimming excess code, I just cannot for the life of me strip out closing tags because they are optional in HTML. I'd be concerned that something, somewhere would not parse the document correctly if I removed the closing </head> element. Are my concerns unfounded?   
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    Jorge Solis

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    Re: Optional Closing Tags in HTML
    « Reply #1 on: 06/15/09, 06:41 »
    AFAIK closing tags are non optional but a must for well formed document. Most of the modern browsers could display a page whitout closing tags, but well formess validation force it. Don't know if this change in latest specifications

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    Ronald Wernecke

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    Re: Optional Closing Tags in HTML
    « Reply #2 on: 06/15/09, 10:38 »
    Ok, maybe you can omit the last </html> or </body>.
    But how would a browser handle a <b>, if there is no closing tag? It would make the rest bold.
    The same with the <head> tag.
    If there is no </head> the complete document is a header.
    This makes no sense.
    Our goal should allways be writing clean code.
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