On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Kim Hovorka wrote:

This is my first attempt to submit a question via email.

I have been using the new Inkscape with SVG that is created from

a text file from a different application and the formatting is correct

for the XML. The issue I would like addressed is that the parsing

of the Text Tag blows up in Inkscape. There are valid visible/printable

characters used between the Tags such as & < or diacritical characters

and these make the svg file refused by Inkscape. The file will import

fine in to Scribus but I don't want to use that as there is another issue

with Scribus. I think Inkscape looks much more promising and the only

problem is the one mentioned here as far as using the files I need to

open in Inkscape. I no it is probably not trivial but I do think that

this is a parsing bug. I am attaching a stripped down version of the

file I try to open so it can be reviewed and used for testing. I also figured maybe the issue would get looked at quicker this way?

I believe there was a bug filed on this, which was answered and closed as 'invalid'.

The short answer is that your assumptions are incorrect and this is invalid XML and thus invalid SVG. FireFox will even show that.