Proper way to close a JavaScript inclusion tag in head of document?

[JAB Creations]

Is it...

<script src="..." type="text/javascript"></script>

or ...

<script src="..." type="text/javascript" />

?

Both seem to validate (if I remember correctly) (xhtml 1.1).

[BlobFisk]

I would be inclined to say:

<script src="..." type="text/javascript"></script>

There can be content between the script tags and there is both an opening and closing tag available here.

[bird]

While both variants are technically valid, using an explicit closing tag is safer. Some (arguably broken) spiders might not understand the /> syntax for empty tags. They will get confused if they don't find a seperate </script>.

[g1smd]

<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/blah.js"></script>

[JAB Creations]

That's what I've been using and leaning towards but it didn't cross my mind until late if I might be doing it incorrectly. :)