W : well-formed XML

well-formed XML

An Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that follows syntax rules established in the XML 1.0 recommendation. Well-formed means that a document must contain one or more elements and that the root element must contain all the other elements. Each element must nest inside any enclosing elements, following the syntax rules.

Related terms

element, Extensible Markup Language (XML), syntax


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