Webmaster in a Nutshell, Second Edition

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Description

You can place comments anywhere in an XML document, except within element tags or before the initial XML processing instructions. Comments in an XML document always start with the characters <!-- and end with the characters -->. In addition, they may not include double hyphens within the comment. The contents of the comment are ignored by the XML processor:

<!-- Sales Figures Start Here -->
<Units>2000</Units>
<Cost>49.95</Cost>