RE: [xml-dev] [Summary] XML is text-only ... why?

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@...>
• To: "'Rick Marshall'" <rjm@...>,"'Philippe Poulard'" <philippe.poulard@...>
• Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:51:28 +0100

> technically, it doesn't contain anything unless white space 
> preservation is on ?

True, but white space preservation should be on by default, so I'd put it
the other way around: it contains a space unless you choose to remove it.

> > Consider this last document :
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <x> </x>


Michael Kay
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