Technically under rules of xhtml any tag can be self-closing but since there is no xhtml5 spec, and since the wording for the how html5 is supported under xhtml parsing rules in epub3s is not clearly specified, it seems a legal but strange decision by Apple to use it. Also given how many webkit derived browsers exist and support epub3 e-readers use them, it really makes no sense in my humble opinion to ever produce epub code that can not be clearly interpreted in all settings.
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Originally Posted by ghartwig
I totally agree. It destroys normal formatting. That's the first thing I have to change on all my files.
Thanks to Doitsu for helping elaborate on the problem. It was quite a shock when I first opened an ePub file from the new version and I didn't see any reports from anyone else yet.
Nice explanation of the situation here: Why don't self-closing script tags work?
If self-closing script tags are illegal and/or not recommended, should someone open a ticket with Apple to have them change that? |