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From: wltiii <google@--------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 11/1/2007 12:25:00 PM


On Nov 1, 10:57 am, rich...@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:
> In article <1193932571.076486.161...@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> wltiii  <goo...@changent.com> 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.

Thanks much!

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