On 04/10/06, Delos Woodruff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried to validate a page and got a particular error. Specifically, > because I'm using a strict html doctype, it didn't like the final > in > the css link. > > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="test.css" / >
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/empty.html explains but the short version is: The /, in HTML terms is part of a NET tag and closes the element, so the ">" is the same as >, which isn't allowed as raw data inside the head element. NET tags should be avoided in HTML: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#h-B.3.3 In XHTML things are different, but if you're writing HTML, don't have the "/". -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk><http://blog.dorward.me.uk> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
