Re: [xml-dev] Is there a short string that is commonly used torepresent

[Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 13:03, Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org> wrote:

Hi Folks,

For many relational operators there is a short string that represents the operator, e.g.,

        <=      le
        !=      ne

In XML there is a short string that represents reserved symbols, e.g.,

        &       amp
        <       lt

Consider this empty XML element:

        <Test/>

The "/>" symbol indicates the element is empty.

Is there a short string that is commonly used to represent the symbol that indicates the element is empty?

        />      ???

/Roger

”Self-closing tag”?

https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-starttags

 calls them “empty-element tags”, and gives a short name in the grammar:

Tags for Empty Elements

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EmptyElemTag

::=

'<' Name (S Attribute)* S? '/>'

[WFC: Unique Att Spec]