Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:

>it's
>still invalid XML because it doesn't follow the correct processing
>instruction attr="val" structure like (<?xml version="1.0"
>encoding="utf-8"?>)
>
>  
>
Ignoring that <?xml is not a processing instruction, there's no
requirement whatsoever by the standard on the contents of processing
instructions, aside from being valid markup characters. There's a good
reason why the contents of <?xml-stylesheet are called "pseudo-attributes".

Of course, this whole thread is completely OT on this list.

Sebastian Redl