Is it valid HTML5 to use a single tag for a div?

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For example: <div/> instead of <div></div>. I did this and apparently the HTML5 validator passed this as valid. I was wondering it this is actually true?

PS: I'm serving page as application/xhtml+xml

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No, technically using a self-closing <div/> tag is invalid HTML5. Using <div></div> works fine.

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