Root node vs element root?

I'm trying to figure out the content of the root node. In my XML example
I know the element root is <book>, but is the root node <?xml
version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ??? 

Here's a simle XML example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<book>
  <author>Rovers Cuomo</author>
  <title>The Good Life</title>
</book>

Also, does the XSLT processor even see/read the xml declaration?

Thanks,

Kevin


 



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