Re: [Inkscape-user] meaning of "standalone"

On Saturday, November 5, 2011, 4:07:14 PM, john wrote:

jC> On the first line of an inkscape svg file is the parameter: jC> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

jC> What effect does "standalone" have?

Its a directive to DTD-based XML parsers.

http://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-rmd

jC> What happens if I change it to jC> "yes"?

In practice, nothing. If you are editing it, I suggest removing the whole standalone pseudo-attribute.