{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218/events","html_url":"https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218","id":153404019,"number":218,"title":"Consider removing type attributes and removing self-closing tags","user":{"login":"trevorsaint","id":4989027,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4989027?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint","html_url":"https://github.com/trevorsaint","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/trevorsaint/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-05-06T08:33:44Z","updated_at":"2016-05-06T08:51:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"It would be good to remove type attributes as they are not required in a HTML5 document.\r\n\r\nIt would also be good having consistency. In some cases we have self closing tags and in other cases not. They are not required in a HTML5 document.\r\n\r\n**For example:**\r\nrel=\"stylesheet\" />\r\nrel=\"stylesheet\">\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/comments/217388250","html_url":"https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218#issuecomment-217388250","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/218","id":217388250,"user":{"login":"gemmaleigh","id":417754,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/417754?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh","html_url":"https://github.com/gemmaleigh","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gemmaleigh/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-06T08:51:57Z","updated_at":"2016-05-06T08:51:57Z","body":"Thanks @trevorsaint you're absolutely right, [this work has been carried out for the GOV.UK template](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_template/pull/208), but not here. \r\n\r\nMy personal preference is to keep the self closing tags, but I'll be sure to check use of them is consistent. "}}