The code table file is an XML document which is made up of a number of distinct elements. Rules of Code Table Merges, shows a sample code table.
As a standard XML document, the encoding attributed indicates that the file is encoded in UTF-8. It should be noted that this encoding will be respected and maintained by an XML aware editor. However, other editors (such as TextPad) do not maintain this encoding by default. A file which contains UTF-8 characters may have to be specifically saved as UTF-8 with these editors.
The following sections detail the elements and attributes of a code table file.