Name
Special Attributes
Synopsis
Some attributes are significant to XML:
xml:space
The
xml:space
attribute tells an XML application whether the whitespace within the specified element is significant:<!ATTLIST
element_name
xml:space (default|preserve) default_decl>
<!ATTLISTelement_name
xml:space (default) #FIXED 'default' > <!ATTLISTelement_name
xml:space (preserve) #FIXED 'preserve' >xml:lang
The
xml:lang
attribute allows a document author to specify the human language for an element’s character content. If used in a valid XML document, the document type definition must include an attribute type declaration with thexml:lang
attribute name. See Chapter 5 for an explanation of language support in XML.
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