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Re: Word of the day: self-delimited

• From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
• To: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
• Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 12:12:26 -0700

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote:
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> I believe that all XML texts are self-delimited. Yes?


The (string representation of) text nodes in an XML document are
non-self-delimited. And probably this led to the decision to combine
two adjacent sibling text nodes into one.


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  • Word of the day: self-delimited
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>