Using 1.7.0, if I have a document in which whitespace appears before the initial prolog, I get the error:
The XML or Text declaration must start at line/column 1/1 Where is this required in the XML specification (http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006)? According to Appendix F.1: "...each XML entity not accompanied by external encoding information and not in UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoding MUST begin with an XML encoding declaration, in which the first characters must be '<?xml' ...". This makes sense. If the document uses a non-standard encoding, special rules are required. But if UTF-8 or UTF-16 is used, the 'first characters' restriction does not seem to apply and Xerces appears to be rejecting a valid document. -=- Jerry Carter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
