A void element cannot have any content because there is no way to specify it in the source. Such a relation is called entailment. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Hickson Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:29 AM To: ryan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] void elements vs. content model = "empty" On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, ryan wrote: > > Also, if there's a difference between content=empty and 'void elements' > it deserves an explanation. One is just about the content model, the other is just about the syntax. They're not really related, though it happens to be the case that all elements that have an empty content model are void elements in HTML.