This is not malformed HTML. In fact, optional tags were in older HTML specs and are perfectly legal. Even in HTML 4.01 Strict. See: http://rimantas.com/bits/min

This is not malformed HTML. In fact, optional tags were in older HTML specs and are perfectly legal. Even in HTML 4.01 Strict. See: http://rimantas.com/bits/minimal_html.html http://rimantas.com/bits/minimal_html.html