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Description

The end of every element that begins with a start-tag must be marked by an end-tag containing a name that echoes the element's type as given in the start-tag. The text between the start-tag and end-tag is called the element's content. An element without content can take a special form: <name/> . The slash before > substitutes the end tag.

Well-formed documents


Each element has either the end tag or takes the special form. There is no difference between <AAA></AAA> and <AAA/> in XML.:


<listOfTags>

     <AAA></AAA>

     <BBB></BBB>

     <CCC/>

     <DDD/>

</listOfTags>


Documents with errorsTop


Missing slash is a very common error:


<description>

There are  <color>yellow<color> and <color>red</color> apples.

</description>