numerical as the first character in TagNames

[asnowfall]

IE throws error at <1060> for this XML file
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<1060>
<UUID>
1bac9070-bf3b-404f-b7ca-ada24fc09eb3
</UUID>
</1060>
</root>
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Workaround is prefixing alphabet to <1060>.
Ex: <L1060> makes it work.


Why this behavior?
Is this illigal to have numerical as the first character in TagNames?

Thanks
Ramesh

 

[Johannes Koch]

Is this illigal to have numerical as the first character in TagNames?

Yes. Look at the XML specification:
Element names must match the 'Name' prdocution
(<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Name>).

[5] Name ::= (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)*