Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, I always thought that <P> stand-alone was how the paragraph tag was > orginially defined and therefore would be historicly correct...
Not only historicaly but also by definition. Here is a quotation from -------snip-------- 9.3.1 Paragraphs: the P element <!ELEMENT P - O (%inline;)* -- paragraph --> <!ATTLIST P %attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events -- > Start tag: required, End tag: optional ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [...] The P element represents a paragraph. It cannot contain block-level elements (including P itself). We discourage authors from using empty P elements. User agents should ignore empty P elements. -------snip-------- Summary: no end tag required but discouraged for additional white space (empty paragraph). Gruss Philipp