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I'm curious, does XML standard allow me to write tags without content as one tag?

I'll give you 2 examples:

Can I interchange <img alt="foo" /> with <img alt="foo"></img> ? Or can I interchange the tag implying and empty message <message></message> with just a simple <message /> tag?

In the answer could you please quote the spec or show the source?

You have tagged with `html` and `xhtml`. These are conflicting tags. Pick one. Anyway, `` and `` "should" be treated the same in XML (and thus XHTML), but it's possible for a particular XML consumer to do otherwise .. however, HTML is *not* XML. — , Feb 22 '13 at 10:02

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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As long as you are talking about XML or XHTML, then the two forms are equivalent. In both HTML4 and HTML5 however, they are not.

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answered Feb 22 '13 at 10:02

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 10:04

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Yes You can do that. As long as the XML is valid you can do that.

answered Feb 22 '13 at 10:04

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