Whether it's an "artifact of serialisation" or not is irrelevant, often you need to point to such a thing in the XML file. If only to point out that the file is invalid because the end tag at line 12345 doesn't match the opening tag at line 12340. While it may be impossible to "make use of" an invalid XML document, it's very well possible to create such a document. And in that case it's helpfull to be able to name all the thingies in the document. And preferably not in the "artist formerly known as Prince" style.

And XML ne DOM.

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In reply to Re^4: Parse XML file by Jenda
in thread Parse XML file by blackdragoen

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