html5 self closing tags

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What is the proper way to close tags in html5 for the following elements:

<meta> <base> <link> <img> <input> <br> <hr>

Do you use the trailing slash?

<meta /> <base /> <link /> <img /> <input /> <br /> <hr />

I've read too many posts on backward compatibility and xhtml so I not sure who is right.

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Re: html5 self closing tags

You do not need trailing slashes in html5 for self closing tags, <br> not <br />.

But browsers need to be backwards compatible and correctly interpret tag either way.

Resource: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html