XML Declaration in an XSLT File

MSXML 5.0 SDK

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XSLT Developer's Guide

XML Declaration in an XSLT File

An XSLT file is an XML file. Although it is not required, you should use an XML declaration, such as <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>, at the beginning of the XSLT style sheet. This allows other applications to recognize the data types contained in the file.

See Also

XML Declaration (XML Developer's Guide)