why the xml does allow spaces between attribute name

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Why xml does not allow spaces between attribute name?
I have following which DOES not works
<custormer information logs>
<..Some data >
</custormer information logs>

Following works
<custormerinformationlogs> // Here I removed white space
<Some data>
</custormerinformationlogs>

Posted 8-Sep-10 0:32am

pandit84

Updated 8-Sep-10 0:36am

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Kubajzz 8-Sep-10 7:15am

Your question is the same like "Why do XML tags start and end with '<' and '>' instead of '{' and '}'" or "Why is C# case-sensitive"...

It's because it was designed that way. You may not like it, but that's all you can do about it.

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ARopo · Answer 1 · 2010-09-08T00:45:00

Solution 1

Strictly speaking <custormerinformationlogs> is an element name which can contain attributes e.g.
<custormerinformationlogs attrib1=val1 attrib2=val2>

notice that the attributes are separated with spaces, if element names where allowed spaces this would make parsing more complex

Posted 8-Sep-10 0:45am

ARopo

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pandit84 8-Sep-10 7:46am

Reason for my vote of 3
nice wording

pandit84 8-Sep-10 7:47am

Thanks a lot ...