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Subject: XOM API for Processing XML with Java

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  • From: John Cowan <jcowan AT reutershealth.com>
  • To: Andrew Thompson <lordpixel AT mac.com>
  • Cc: Elliotte Harold <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>, xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Having a really bad time, and I fear it's all line endings
  • Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 14:07:45 -0500

Andrew Thompson scripsit:

> But the file still wouldn't go through when saved as UTF-8.
> So finally I saved it as UTF-8 with no BOM, and the file goes
> through... which is odd. BOM on, exception, BOM off, goes through.

Earlier editions of the XML Recommendation weren't unambiguously clear that
a BOM was permitted in UTF-8-encoded XML. The Third (current) Edition is.
So file a bug against the parser you are using and/or switch to a new parser.

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