The XML File

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The XML file contains a simple list of addresses:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<? XML:stylesheet type="text/css" href="address.css"?>
<!DOCTYPE address SYSTEM "address.dtd">
<address>
   <address_record>
      <name>Paul</name>
      <street>Baker Street</street>
      <city>London</city>
      <email>paul@hotmail.com</email>
   </address_record>
   <address_record>
      <name>George</name>
      <email>george@hotmail.com</email>
   </address_record>
</address>

Note that, unlike an HTML or RTF file, an XML file does not contain any information about how the text is to be displayed or formatted.