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Re: [xml-dev] [Summary] XML is text-only ... why?
- From: richard@inf.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:33:55 +0100 (BST)
In article <46FC3B73.8080501@zenucom.com> you write:
>> Consider this last document :
>> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> <x> </x>
>> Does it contain a space inside the x element ? Not at all, it contains
>> the integer 32
>technically, it doesn't contain anything unless white space preservation
>is on ?
It contains a space character. XML parsers are required to pass all
text content to the application, including white space. The xml:space
attribute is advice to the application on how to process white space
in the element; it doesn't affect the fact that the space is there in
the document.
-- Richard
--
"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.
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