Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >comp.text.xml Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - what kind of tag is this >Thread Next - Re: what kind of tag is this Re: what kind of tag is thisTo: NULL Date: 11/1/2007 3:58:00 PM In article <1193932571.076486.161730@z...>, wltiii <google@c...> wrote: ><?xml version="1.0"?> This is the XML declaration. It has the same syntax as a processing instruction, but technically it isn't one. ><?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?> This is a processing instruction. Its purpose is to communicate information about the intended processing of the document. Presumably this one means that it's meant to be processed by Microsoft Excel. The syntax of a processing instruction is <?name ... ?> The ... can be any text, but it's common to make that text have the form of attribute-value pairs, as in your example. -- Richard -- "Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963. | ||||||
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