RE: how to close html tags : link, meta,...

> From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of 
> Andrew Welch
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:30 AM
> To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
> Subject: RE: [xsl] how to close html tags : link, meta,...
>
>
>
> > > hi,
> > > i'm using xslt to transform an xml file into a html file
> > > my problem is that i really need to have the empty tags( meta, link,
> > > img,...) closed and I don't know how to do this...
> > In which case you shouldn't transform to HTML. Use the "xml" output
> > method:
> >
> > <xsl:output method="xml" />
> You will discover that using the xml output method will solve this
> particular issue, but cause you no end of html style issues, such as:
>
> <div style="background:blue">
>   <div/>
> </div>
>
> Will make everything after the outer <div> have a blue background.  Of
> course this is perfectly legal xml, and to any xml aware receiving
> application <div/> and <div></div> are identical - but not to IE.  IE
> will treat the empty element <div/> as an opening tag, the following
> </div> as its closing tag, and then everything that follows as children
> of the outer <div style="background:blue">.
> ...
This just means that it doesn't make sense to send XHTML to IE, because it
doesn't support it. Where's the news here?

Julian

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