Keeping whitespaces in the XML

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March 1st, 2013, 04:06 PM

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Keeping whitespaces in the XML

I am trying to keep the whitespaces and I thought xml:space="preserve" does it but it doesn't!

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root xml:space="preserve">
	<things>      Lots of          whitespace

and new linee</things>
</root>

What should I do to see these whitespaces in xml?
Thanks

March 1st, 2013, 04:30 PM

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Understanding xml:space. It preserves whitespace-only nodes, not all whitespace in general. (And only if the reader supports the attribute.)

How are you rendering the data?

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March 2nd, 2013, 02:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by requinix

Understanding xml:space. It preserves whitespace-only nodes, not all whitespace in general. (And only if the reader supports the attribute.)

How are you rendering the data?

Firefox. The source looks ok.

March 2nd, 2013, 02:37 AM

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The source has all the whitespace?

Then this is the normal "HTML collapses all whitespace to a single space" problem. You can use CSS, a <pre>, or   entities.

March 2nd, 2013, 03:44 AM

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Thanks. While I got you here, instead of making more threads I ask a questions about namespace URI identifire.

Is this true or false:

The URI does not neccessarily exist! It is only a string that may not even exist.

In the example below, hs could be equal to anything.

Code:

xmlns:hs="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"

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Keeping whitespaces in the XML

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