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 Elements Revisited
Subject: element name in end tag?
Date: 2001-11-30 11:45:58
From: paul jensen

why do we need the element name in the end tag? why not just </> ?

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  • element name in end tag?
    2001-12-12 14:31:43 Eric Schwarzenbach [Reply]

    The computer doesn't need it, but a human reader might find it difficult to figure out which of many nested opening elements a given <&/;> belongs to, especially in the middle of a long series of closures.

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