For most nodes, the XML view contains a decent view of the actual content of the node. However, it doesn't work quite like you might want for nodes where the user-visible content of the node doesn't match up with what's actually in the DB. Fortunately, for most of the major superdocs, there's a xml ticker seperate from the XML view.

Unfortunately, the XML view is set up to only give the data in the DB in a fairly literal translation, and to appear for all nodes, regardless of if the XML view will give useful information.

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In reply to Re: What's the xml link for on top of the page? by theorbtwo
in thread What's the xml link for on top of the page? by chunlou

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