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Re: [tagsoup-friends] Re: Empty link tags converted to open and closed tags

graemekidd@... scripsit:

> Ah Ok, If thats the case then I think I was slightly confused by this:
> "TagSoup also includes a command-line processor that reads HTML files and can
generate either clean HTML or well-formed XML that is a close approximation to
XHTML."
>
> Does that "approximation" mean that empty tags are not possible.

Empty tags are a strictly optional feature. It's not possible to
control what kind of quotes are used around attribute values, or
to use newlines instead of spaces between attributes, or many other
purely lexical things.

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John Cowan <cowan@...>



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Hi, I noticed that after my XHTML is parsed the empty link tags <link /> are converted to start and closed tags e.g. <link></link> Does any know how I can...
Graeme Kidd
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Sep 13, 2009
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... In XML there is no distinction between the two forms, so TagSoup always generates the longer form and never the shorter. -- On the Semantic Web, it's too...
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... Ah Ok, If thats the case then I think I was slightly confused by this: "TagSoup also includes a command-line processor that reads HTML files and can...
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... Empty tags are a strictly optional feature. It's not possible to control what kind of quotes are used around attribute values, or to use newlines instead...
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