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2013Linkify 'void elements' more.2008-08-05 12:19
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--- source	(revision 2012)
+++ source	(revision 2013)
@@ -41775,11 +41775,11 @@
   tag</span> to indicate where they end. The start and end tags of
   certain normal elements can be <span
   title="syntax-tag-omission">omitted</span>, as described
-  later. Those that cannot be omitted must not be omitted. Void
-  elements only have a start tag; end tags must not be specified for
-  void elements. Foreign elements must either have a start tag and an
-  end tag, or a start tag that is marked as self-closing, in which
-  case they must not have an end tag.</p>
+  later. Those that cannot be omitted must not be omitted. <span>Void
+  elements</span> only have a start tag; end tags must not be
+  specified for void elements. Foreign elements must either have a
+  start tag and an end tag, or a start tag that is marked as
+  self-closing, in which case they must not have an end tag.</p>
 
   <p>The contents of the element must be placed between just after the
   start tag (which <span title="syntax-tag-omission">might be implied,
@@ -41792,8 +41792,8 @@
   the contents by those content models, however, the five types of
   elements have additional <em>syntactic</em> requirements.</p>
 
-  <p>Void elements can't have any contents (since there's no end
-  tag, no content can be put between the start tag and the end
+  <p><span>Void elements</span> can't have any contents (since there's
+  no end tag, no content can be put between the start tag and the end
   tag).</p>
 
   <p>CDATA elements can have <span title="syntax-text">text</span>,
@@ -41870,11 +41870,11 @@
    are required to be followed by a space. See the <span
    title="syntax-attributes">attributes section</span> below.)</li>
 
-   <li>Then, if the element is one of the void elements, or if the
-   element is a foreign element, then there may be a single U+002F
-   SOLIDUS (<code>/</code>) character. This character has no effect on
-   void elements, but on foreign elements it marks the start tag as
-   self-closing.</li>
+   <li>Then, if the element is one of the <span>void elements</span>,
+   or if the element is a foreign element, then there may be a single
+   U+002F SOLIDUS (<code>/</code>) character. This character has no
+   effect on void elements, but on foreign elements it marks the start
+   tag as self-closing.</li>
 
    <li>Finally, start tags must be closed by a U+003E GREATER-THAN
    SIGN (<code>&gt;</code>) character.</li>

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