It's perfectly valid for an XML document to have attributes on the root element. Look at an XSLT for example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> ... </xsl:stylesheet> /Marcus > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org > [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] För Christopher Joseph > Skickat: den 19 december 2003 10:38 > Till: Tip Harvester > Ämne: [thelist] XML root element > > > ....this is going to sound like a silly question BUT here goes anyway. > > Is there any reason why the root element of an xml file > cannot have an > attribute e.g. number of first child elements. The only > reason I ask is > because I have had a hard time finding an example of it in the wild. > > -- > Christopher Joseph > > ------------------- > [Internet] > http://www.ideadesigners.com [iseries & web technologies] > mailto: christopher at ideadesigners.com > > [Telephone] > mobile: +44 7966 003860 > Office: +44 1494 731814 ext. 832 > Direct: +44 1494 731832 > > [Instant Message] > ICQ: 78019724 > YIM = Josephc_98 > MSN = christopher at ideadesigners.com > > -- > * * Please support the community that supports you. * * http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org Workers of the Web, evolt !