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Undefined Start and End Tags
This example includes tags that were not defined in the document instance's document type. Arbortext Editor will preserve these tags and all fully defined attributes.
<book>
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<!-- Illegal start tag with no attributes followed by illegal end tag. -->
<badtag>text inside bad tags</badtag>
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<!-- Illegal tag with attributes (both literal and non-literal strings) -->
<illegal size=20 buyers="My Company.Inc" level=high>
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<!-- Illegal end tag; all by itself -->
</defunct>
</book>
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<!-- Illegal start/end tag pair AFTER end-of- instance tag -->
<naughty></naughty>