> > And cannot in the first few characters (legally), since these must be > > "<?xml ". > > Wrong: the XML declaration is NOT mandatory, only recommanded. > So a XML document can directly start with its actual content > which may be whitespaces, a XML comment (starting by "<!--"), or > the start tag of the root element.
Sorry, I thought it was clear that I was referring to the case of a document encoded in UTF-32, and hence that the declaration is mandatory.
