naming question

how do you call a <tag>...</tag> tag?

[sebbothebutcher]

hi!
i wonder if there's a special name for tags, where

<tag>...</tag>

is valid. (i.e. not tags like

<meta>

,

<img>

,

<br>

...)...
is there something to distinguish between those two types of tags?

thanks

[Bernard Marx]

"container"¦"containing"
vs
"non-container"¦"non-containing"

[Hester]

"Elements" and "empty elements".

[Bernard Marx]

That would make <img> not an "element"

:)

[benihana]

iirc img is a 'replaced element' :o

[Hester]

Oops, yeah. An empty element is one like break <br/>.

[jetboy]

An element like <br /> or <img /> is commonly termed 'self-closing' in XHTML. Which makes non-self-closing elements ... er ...

[Bernard Marx]

<p></p>

Is that an empty element too?

[Hester]

I'd say yes. It could be written as <p/> in XML.

[sebbothebutcher]

thanks, i think i've found the best name now!

[Hester]

HTML tags vs. elements vs. attributes [456bereastreet.com]