HTML 4.01 Schema in VS2005

Is there a problem with the HTML 4.01 schema in Visual Studio 2005?
When I set the target schema for validation to HTML 4.01, I receive closing
tag errors.
Example:
Validation (HTML 4.01): Empty elements such as 'meta' must end with />.
I do not believe that is the correct validation. Empty elements in HTML 4.01
should not contain closing tags. Am I mistaken?
Regards,
Fred Chateau
http://hotelmotelnow.comre:
> Empty elements in HTML 4.01 should not contain closing tags. Am I mistaken?[/color
]
Not all elements are subject to that.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.1
Some HTML element types allow authors to omit end tags (e.g., the P and LI e
lement types).
The HTML DTD indicates for each element type whether the end tag is required
.
Some HTML element types have no content.
For example, the line break element BR has no content; its only role is to t
erminate a line of text.
Such empty elements never have end tags.
The Meta element, however, needs end tags because it should never be an empt
y element.
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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> Is there a problem with the HTML 4.01 schema in Visual Studio 2005?
> When I set the target schema for validation to HTML 4.01, I receive closin
g tag errors.
> Example:
> Validation (HTML 4.01): Empty elements such as 'meta' must end with />.
> I do not believe that is the correct validation. Empty elements in HTML 4.
01 should not contain
> closing tags. Am I mistaken?
> --
> Regards,
> Fred Chateau
> http://hotelmotelnow.com
>
"Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@.nowhere.com> wrote ...

> For example, the line break element BR has no content; its only role is to
> terminate a line of text.
> Such empty elements never have end tags.
Thank you. I thought that was the case.
My point still is that VS 2005 HTML 4.01 validation is requiring ALL tags to
be closed, including break tags and image tags, in a manner similar to XHTML
1.1 validation.
Is it my installation or is this schema incorrect? (I am using VS 2005
Standard Edition with SP-1.)
Regards,
Fred Chateau
http://hotelmotelnow.com