In article <008801c801ac$c2fe0850$6401a8c0@turtle> you write:
>> technically, it doesn't contain anything unless white space
>> preservation is on ?
>True, but white space preservation should be on by default, so I'd put it
>the other way around: it contains a space unless you choose to remove it.
I disagree. The XML document contains a space regardless of whether
white space preservation is on. The question is what the application
processing that document does with it.
-- Richard
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"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.
