Re: [xml-dev] Is there a short string that is commonly used to represent "/>"?
On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 at 13:03, Roger L Costello <[email protected]> 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”?
calls them “empty-element tags”, and gives a short name in the grammar:
Tags for Empty Elements
| [44] | EmptyElemTag | ::= | '<' Name (S Attribute)* S? '/>' | [WFC: Unique Att Spec] |