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Re: Nested Documents (was: XML 2.0)

• From: "Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@g...>
• To: "Richard Salz" <rsalz@u...>
• Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:21:49 +0000

On 27/02/2008, Richard Salz <rsalz@u...> wrote:
>
> > I don't understand what you mean by "more tightly linked"...
>
> In a single-rooted document, <a>...</a>, when I see that final closing
> bracket I can be pretty sure that I've got everything.  (Yes, trailing
> comments and PI's I handwave aside.)

How about adding something to the xml prolog that must be present when
the document contains multiple root elements:

<?xml version="1.0" multiple-root-elements="yes"?>

Make it like non-UTF-8 or UTF-16 encodings - if it's not present the
document must have a single root element, if you do want multiple root
elements then you must specify it in the prolog.

Seems straightforward enough...

-- 
Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com
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