Opening and closing tags mismatch

rolgiati · 10-02-2016, 11:30 AM

I am editing an OCR generated .epub I downloaded from Archive.org.
Some paragraphs are poem stanzas, so I have inserted tags to restore the stanzas formatting, as in

Code:

<p>The tune with the river in it, the fast river and the courageous, that<br>
kens not stop nor tarry, that runs round rock and over fall<br>
with a good humour, yet no mood for anything<br>
but the way before it.-Neil Munro</p>

Problem is that using the Check Book tool (F7) I get an error message:
"Parsing failed: Opening and closing tag mismatch: br line 25 and p line 26"; now I was taught that the tag did not need a closing tag.
Is that a bug in the parser ?
Or should I globally replace with and hope for the best ?

kovidgoyal · 10-02-2016, 11:50 AM

EPUB uses XHTML, in XHTML closing tags are required.

JimmyR · 10-02-2016, 11:50 AM

In HTML, that would be ok. However, EPUBs use XHTML which require closing tags.

You can use self-closing tags:

Code:

<br />

rolgiati · 10-02-2016, 06:48 PM

OK Thanks.

10-02-2016, 11:30 AM	#1
rolgiati Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 31650 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Asuncion (Paraguay) Device: In the house, 3 K3 in use, 4 more in storage, and a K5 for testing	Opening and closing tags mismatch I am editing an OCR generated .epub I downloaded from Archive.org. Some paragraphs are poem stanzas, so I have inserted <br> tags to restore the stanzas formatting, as in Code: <p>The tune with the river in it, the fast river and the courageous, that<br> kens not stop nor tarry, that runs round rock and over fall<br> with a good humour, yet no mood for anything<br> but the way before it.-Neil Munro</p> Problem is that using the Check Book tool (F7) I get an error message: "Parsing failed: Opening and closing tag mismatch: br line 25 and p line 26"; now I was taught that the <br> tag did not need a closing tag. Is that a bug in the parser ? Or should I globally replace <br> with <br></br> and hope for the best ?

10-02-2016, 11:50 AM	#3
JimmyR ɴₐɴ Posts: 421 Karma: 2507940 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: 37.2N 93.3W Device: KV PW4 PW3 PW2	In HTML, that would be ok. However, EPUBs use XHTML which require closing tags. You can use self-closing tags: Code: <br /> Last edited by JimmyR; 10-02-2016 at 11:53 AM. Reason: Repeat of previous, simultaneous post.

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10-02-2016, 11:50 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,149 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	EPUB uses XHTML, in XHTML closing tags are required.

10-02-2016, 06:48 PM	#4
rolgiati Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 31650 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Asuncion (Paraguay) Device: In the house, 3 K3 in use, 4 more in storage, and a K5 for testing	OK Thanks.

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