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• From: "Mark Volkmann" <volkmann@i...>
• To: "xml-dev" <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:27:11 -0500

I've never seen a discussion of the reason why most ASCII control
characters, such as a form feed, are not allowed in XML documents. Can
anyone tell me the reason behind that decision or point me to a spec. that
explains that?


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