White Space In Xml Document.

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Hi All,On the following URL, at the section of "White-space is Preserved in XML"http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_syntax.aspsays that With XML, the white-space in a document is not truncated. But when I try it on the IDE, I'm using aptana for XML, it not work like that.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <root> 	<test> 		10 & 23 	</test>	<test val="qutation mark">'</test>	<test val="double quotes">"</test>	<!-- this is the XML comment as much similar to the HTML comments -->	<test val="amporsand">&</test>	<test vall="multiple spaces">this				end '\n' many spaces</test> </root>

I can see multiple white-spaces as a single space. Can anyone guide me on this please. Thanks a lot...

[Synook]

The relevant part of the XML specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-white-space.Summary: it is up to the DTD as to whether white space should be preserved, or not necessarily, within a certain element. So, if your DTD specified xml:space (preserve) for the test element, then the spacing will be preserved, otherwise it is up to the default behaviour of the application (Aptana in this case).