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• From: Toby Speight <tms@a...>
• To: "XML developers' list" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: 06 Aug 1998 13:53:37 +0100

Peter> Peter Jones <URL:mailto:peterj@w...>

0> In article
0> <c=GB%a=_%p=Wrox_Press%l=WROX2-980806122539Z-595@m...>,
0> Peter wrote:

Peter> "An XML processor must always pass all characters in a
Peter> document that are not markup through to the application.  A
Peter> validating XML processor must also inform the application
Peter> which of these characters constitute whitespace appearing
Peter> in element content. ...

Peter> xml:space...attached to an element to signal an intention
Peter> that in that element, white space should be preserved by
Peter> applications.  In valid documents, this attribute, like any
Peter> other must be declared if it is used...

Peter> But according to the first line above, the default XML processing
Peter> is preservation of whitespace.  So what is the default mode of
Peter> the processor?

As I see it, parsers should preserve, and applications using those
parsers may use the xml:spcae atttribute to control how they treat the
data received from the parsers.

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