Re: Is there a short string that is commonly used to represent

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From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@C...>
To: Roger L Costello <costello@m...>,"xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:54:07 -0500

The specification describes the use of these two characters under the heading "Tags for Empty Elements" here, but they are not given a name:

https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-starttags

SGML 1986 used the terminology "tag close" for the ">" sequence (which was configurable). While not precise, perhaps you could use EMPTY_TAG_CLOSE.

I hope this is helpful.

. . . . . . Ken

At 2022-02-19 18:57 +0000, Roger L Costello wrote:

Hi Folks,

Sorry, I wasn’t very clear in my last message. I am seeking a short name for this:

/>

For fun, I am creating a lexer for XML and I would like to have a short name for the "/>" token.

I could name it END_OF_EMPTY_ELEMENT but I’d like something more succinct. If there is a short, standard name for "/>" I would certainly use it.

/Roger


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