The simple answer is "Sorry, but those two forms are absolutely identical in meaning as far as XML is concerned. If you're going through XML-based processing, either output is correct. Standard tools aren't going to maintain this distinction."
The longer answer is that you could postprocess the XML-syntax text, or write your own serializer, to force the output into this form. ______________________________________ "... Three things see no end: A loop with exit code done wrong, A semaphore untested, And the change that comes along. ..." -- "Threes" Rev 1.1 - Duane Elms / Leslie Fish ( http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/threes-rev-11.html)