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Subject: Re: XML, expat and empty tags
From: davey@php.net (Davey)

Vadka wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> So, as it was stressed in expat one day, there are 'empty' tags, like:
> <foo val=''/>
> (without ending </foo>).
> For now, it is not known what a tag was parsed (XML parser ext).
> It is not good: the original structure of XML changes.

In XML, <foo /> and <foo></foo> are identical as far as semantics are 
concerned. This is nothing to worry about IMO - any decent XML parser
treats them the same.

- Davey