Serving XHTML and self-closing tags I am trying to follow the xhtml 1.0 strict standard as I am creating my website. Right now, validator.w3.org validates my document as valid, following the XHTML 1.0 Strict standard. Here is a code-example: <div style="color:#f00"><div style="color:#00f" />Text should be red and not blue</div> Unfortunately, Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer parses the document incorrectly: They all seem to ignore the closing statement of my self-closing tags (mostly <div />, <li /> and some other tags), thus rendering the site