The XML declaration

The beginning of an XML message can contain an XML declaration. An example of a declaration is shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE s1 PUBLIC "http://www.ibm.com/example.dtd" "example.dtd">
<s1>.........</s1>

The XML declaration includes the following correlation names:

XML declaration example includes another example of an XML declaration and the tree structure it forms.

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XML wire format
Message flows overview
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Manipulating messages in the XML domain
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