Adding The XML Declaration

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XML Notepad does not add the XML declaration to an XML document. The XML declaration is optional, and should be the first line of the XML document if provided. The syntax for the declaration is shown here:

 <?xml version="version_number" encoding="encoding_declaration" standalone="standalone status"?> 

The version attribute is the version of the XML standard that this document complies with. The encoding attribute is the Unicode character set that this document complies with. Using this encoding, you can create documents in any language or character set. The standalone attribute specifies whether the document is dependent on other files (standalone = "no") or complete by itself (standalone = "yes").