[whatwg] Allow trailing slash in always-empty HTML5 elements?

[Lachlan Hunt]

Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Ian Hickson wrote:
>> If you want to use XHTML, then use XHTML, send it with an XML MIME 
>> type, and be happy.
> 
> What's wrong with option 1 is that it doesn't work in the browser with 
> the majority of the installed base,

What you fail to realise is that by the time (X)HTML 5 is ready to be 
used significantly, current information suggests that IE8 will have 
added support for XHTML.

> something I used to think mattered to this group.

It does matter, but that's why the HTML5 serialisation is provided.  The 
XHTML serialisation is not intended for IE7 and earlier.

> Consequently I and many others choose option 3:
> 
> Use XHTML, send it with an HTML MIME type, and be happy.

No!

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Lachlan Hunt
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