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[Martin von Loewis]

Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> > That is not true. Presence of the XML declaration is not a validity
> > constraint in XML.
> 
> Is it not required in any way at all?  I always thought 
> it was.

Production 22 of XML says

  prolog    ::=    XMLDecl? Misc* (doctypedecl Misc*)?

So no, it is not required in anyway. The only reason you need it is
when you have to declare an encoding, or the standalone property.

Regards,
Martin