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XML Tutorial » Introduction » Well Formed 
1. 3. 2. XML Naming Conventions
Names can start with letters including non-Latin characters.
Names can start with dash (-character.
Names cannot start with numbers or other punctuation characters. 
After the first character, numbers, hyphens, and periods are allowed. 
Names can't contain spaces. 
Names can't contain the colon (:character. 
Names can't start with the letters xml, in uppercase, lowercase, or mixed.
There can't be a space after the opening <
There can be space before the closing > character. 

Here are some examples of valid names: <first.name> 

Following are some examples of invalid names: 

<xml-element> which starts with xml, 

<123> which starts with a number, 

<your=xml> because the equals sign (=)sign is illegal, and 

<your element> which contains a space.
1. 3. Well Formed
1. 3. 1. XML documents must adhere to certain rules to be well formed.
1. 3. 2. XML Naming Conventions
1. 3. 3. Case Sensitivity
1. 3. 4. Writing Non-Empty Elements
1. 3. 5. Nesting Elements
1. 3. 6. Empty Elements
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