On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 07:07:25PM +0200, Cesar Martinez Izquierdo
> I'm not an XML expert, so I was reading yesterday the XML
> specification before reporting the bug, and it was not clear for me if
> blank space matters.
(FYI)
It's actually clearer when you look at the formal definitions:
document ::= prolog element Misc* [1]
prolog ::= XMLDecl? Misc* (doctypedecl Misc*)? [2]
XMLDecl ::= '<?xml' VersionInfo EncodingDecl? SDDecl? S? '?>' [3]
Misc ::= Comment | PI | S [4]
S ::= (#x20 | #x9 | #xD | #xA)+ [5]
Meaning that a document, if it has an XML declaration, MUST begin with
'<?'. The first whitespace (S) will be after the declaration end ('?>').
Mike
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-document
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-prolog
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-XMLDecl
[4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-Misc
[5] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-20040204/#NT-S
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