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Actually looking into it seems that it is, and that example is wrong. The spec examples only use <br> and call it a void element (one which can't have any cont

Actually looking into it seems that it is, and that example is wrong. The spec examples only use <br> and call it a void element (one which can't have any content) but states only foreign elements can be self closing.

shawnz 13y ago
It's true that void elements can't be self-closing in HTML, but the slash is still allowed. If you scroll down to 8.1.2.1 #6, you will see that the slash is just ignored if present on void elements.