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> Then what is the use of having the first line --><?xml version="1.0" > encoding="UTF-8"?>" Having a positive statement that the encoding is UTF-8 ensures that the parser doesn't have to guess the encoding. There's a complex set of rules for guessing the encoding, it's not simply the case that UTF-8 is the default. It might also act as a signal to general-purpose text processing software, for example a text editor or a browser, that the file you have just opened is XML and that it's encoded in UTF-8. Without an XML declaration, how would it know? Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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