XML whitespace

[Liam R. E. Quin]

On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Randy Bryan wrote:
> The XML specification doesn't allow
> for whitespace in several places.

This is because it is a derivative of SGML, which is a delimiter-based
language, not a token-based one.

Another way to look at it is that the </ in an end tag is a single
token, although </ this> is not a legal example, so that isn't really
as helpful as one might like.

In writing our book on XML, Ian and I did no better, I think, than
suggesting that readers simply learn the rules :-(

Lee (co-author, The XML Specification Guide, Wiley)

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