RE: [xml-dev] RE: The universality of "single starting point"

[David Lee <dlee@calldei.com>]

Is there a curse word for "pedantic" ?
If so substitute it <here>


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David A. Lee
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bjoern Hoehrmann [mailto:derhoermi@gmx.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:37 PM
To: David Lee
Cc: Costello, Roger L.; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] RE: The universality of "single starting point"

* David Lee wrote:
>XML doesnt always start with the root element.
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/
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>[1]   	document	   ::=   	 prolog element Misc*
>
>It starts with an *optional* prolog.

There would be a `?` behind `prolog` if it was optional. It's mandatory
but all parts of it are optional.
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