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RE: This can't be right, XML with no root element: Sax

Subject: RE: This can't be right, XML with no root element: Saxon & XT vs. Xalan
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:59:00 +0100
xml root element mandatory
> To clarify: the syntax for a "text declaration" is exactly the same as
> an XML declaration e.g.:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> Is that correct?

Not quite; an XML declaration can also have a standalone attribute; the
version attribute is mandatory in an XML declaration but optional in a text
decl; and the encoding attribute is mandatory in a text decl but optional in
an XML decl.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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