Moving to XML

Strictly parsed: what does this mean for you? [1]

• Documents which are not well-formed will not be handled by an XML application. At all.
  • Tags and attributes are case-sensitive;
  • End tags cannot be omitted - every <p> must have a </p>.
  • Tags must be correctly nested:
    <b><i>This won't work</b></i>
  • Empty tags (those which don't enclose any content) must be marked with a trailing slash like this: <xx/>

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