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Optional Closing Tags in HTML

Started by Bodyag, Mar 10 2007 03:08 PM

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Bodyag

Posted 10 March 2007 - 03:08 PM

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For as long as I've been validating web pages, I never realized that the closing </head> tag was optional in HTML. I feel as if I've missed the boat at times. ;)

While I'm all for trimming excess code, I just cannot for the life of me strip out closing tags because they are optional in HTML. I'd be concerned that something, somewhere would not parse the document correctly if I removed the closing </head> element.

Are my concerns unfounded?

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 11 March 2007 - 01:09 AM

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I could never intentionally leave out a closing </head> tag. While I do not know the repercussions, it doesn't seem like good coding standards to follow. As I understand, mobile compliances (such as PAD phones) need closing tags in order to display correctly.