Need to have a space in XML Element Name

[Amit Siinngghh]

Hello All,

Can we have a space in XML element name.

like

<Name>
<Some name/>
<Name>

is there a way to specify a space in XML name I tried   but then the xml is not wellformed.

any insights into it

thanks
Amit

[Ryan McGuire]

No.

If you look at the XML 1.1 spec, starting at definition number [39] and follow all the sub definitions, sub sub definitions, etc. You'll see that you can't put a space in a tag name. You can't even get clever and call "Some" the tag name and "name" an attribute with no value (like some HTML things <INPUT CHECKED/> because every attribute needs an assigned value. The best you might get is <Some name=""/>.

Ryan
[ May 26, 2005: Message edited by: Ryan McGuire ]

[Amit Siinngghh]

Thanks for clearing it up,


Amit