?XML

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Indicates an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document and specifies the version and character set for the current document.

Syntax

<?XML
    ENCODING="char-set"
    VERSION="n.n"
?>

Attributes

ENCODING

String value specifying the character set used in the document. The default is UTF-8.

VERSION

Number that indicates the major and minor version of XML the file supports. If the value is not specified, the default is 1.0.

Element Information

Number of occurrences	One
Parent elements	None
Child elements	None
File formats supported	CDF, OSD
Requires closing tag	Yes

Remarks

Include the ?XML element once at the beginning of the XML (CDF or OSD) file.

Example

It's a good idea to specify the character set and version numbers even when default values are assigned, as in the following example.

<?XML ENCODING="UTF-8" VERSION="1.0"?>

See Also

For more information on character encoding and character sets, see CDF Parsing Rules and Hints.