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An XML declaration (e.g: ) specifies the XML version and encoding of an XML document. It is optional for XML 1.0 version and UTF-8 encoding.

An XML declaration specifies the XML version and encoding of an XML document. It resembles a processing instruction but is technically not one. Here is an example of an XML declaration with the default values for version and encoding:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

Only one XML declaration is allowed in an XML document, and it if one does appear, it may only be at the very top of the document.

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Parse XML using Groovy: Override charset in declaration and add XML processing instruction

My initial question have been answered, but that did just open up for further issues. Example code Using Groovy 2.0.5 JVM 1.6.0_31 import groovy.xml.* import groovy.xml.dom.DOMCategory def xml = ''' …
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ANT - replace xml declaration

I have an XML document composed of several other XML documents appended to it. As a result, there are several XML declarations within the document which prevent my XSLT from parsing it correctly. I am trying to remove the declarations from the…
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OptionWriteEmptyNodes break XML declaration using HtmlAgilityPack

Here is the super simple code i have: HtmlDocument htmlDoc = new HtmlDocument(); htmlDoc.OptionWriteEmptyNodes = true; htmlDoc.Load("sourcefilepath"); htmlDoc.Save("destfilepath", Encoding.UTF8); Input:
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XML document editing with Python (minidom) - get new line after declaration

I am trying to get new line after the xml declaration due to a external software that rejects xml-file when not having the new line. The XML-template (which works fine with the software):
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xml well formed rules- does an xml document must have an xml declaration

I was going through the rules of making an xml document well-formed, and didn't understand one thing, does a xml document must start with the xml declaration in order to be well formed?
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