Slash or no slash?

"Bill Byrd" <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:20:34 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.org.w3c.validator.css
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Immediately below your snippet for the =E2=80=9Cpassed the =
validation=E2=80=9D badge, you have this...

(close the img tag with > instead of /> if using HTML <=3D 4.01)

To me, that suggests that HTML5 user WOULD use the forward slash.
That=E2=80=99s not correct is it?
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<HTML><HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY dir=3Dltr>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>
<DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica>Immediately below your snippet for the =
=E2=80=9Cpassed the=20
validation=E2=80=9D badge, you have this...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica>(close the img tag with &gt; instead of =
/&gt; if=20
using HTML &lt;=3D 4.01)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica>To me, that suggests that HTML5 user =
WOULD use the=20
forward slash.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; =
TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FLOAT: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; DISPLAY: =
inline !important; LETTER-SPACING: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: 20px; =
TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><FONT=20
color=3D#1f2126 face=3DHelvetica>That=E2=80=99s not correct is=20
it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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