----- Original Message ----- Sent: December 16, 2003 5:05 AM Subject: [thelist] n00b XML Question Is it "<ZZZ></ZZZ>"? (No value between the tags - but the tags are in the stream.) Or is it ""? (No evidence of a 'ZZZ' element at all.) Or are they equivalent? That should show up as <ZZZ />, converted to just one empty "tag". cheers, Mark