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Key to Element Types: Empty and Non-Empty

Empty: An element that contains no data but, rather, is an instruction to the browser to perform some action, such as force a line break or display an image. Empty elements in XHTML are terminated with a trailing slash, as in <br />.

Non-empty: An element that contains data. All nonempty elements in XHTML must be closed, as in this example:

<p>This is a paragraph, it contains data and is therefore non-empty.</p>

Element: a

Description: Used for linking to external documents or intrapage references

Element Type: Inline, nonempty

Example:

<a href="http://www.pearson.com/">Go to the Pearson Web Site</a><a name="reference1">Go to Reference One</a>

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