A valid XML file requires a xml header.
However, if I send the XML over a RESTFul API, do I still have to set the header? At least firefox doesn’t complain, but this might not be a valid metric.
Thank you, Johann
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A valid XML file requires a xml header.
However, if I send the XML over a RESTFul API, do I still have to set the header? At least firefox doesn’t complain, but this might not be a valid metric.
Thank you, Johann
If you use XML over REST then your XML should be fully compliant to be as interoperable as possible:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-prolog-dtd
The standard say “should“, not “must” which makes it optional but advisable as a good practice.