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<td valign="top" class="NAME">Empty-Element Tags</td>
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<span class="PROGRAMLISTING"><pre><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">&lt;</var></strong><var class="replaceable">element_name</var> <var class="replaceable">[attribute_name</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">="</var></strong><var class="replaceable">attribute value</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">"</var></strong><var class="replaceable">]</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">*&gt;&lt;/</var></strong><var class="replaceable">element_name</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">&gt;
&lt;</var></strong><var class="replaceable">element_name</var> <var class="replaceable">[attribute_name</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">="</var></strong><var class="replaceable">attribute value</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">"</var></strong><var class="replaceable">]</var><strong class="userinput"><var class="replaceable">* /&gt;</var></strong></pre></span>
<p>Empty elements
have no content and are written using either the start- and end-tag
syntax mentioned previously or the empty-element syntax. The two
forms are functionally identical, but the empty-element syntax is
more succinct and more frequently used.</p>
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