On 19 Mar 2011, at 11:46, Stefan Majewski wrote:
> 
> I find this even misleading. The trouble is that @xml:space is not
> really relevant for "these elements", except for <egXML>. The latter is
> the only one of the described elements that allows for non-character
> content.

exactly; the xml:space rules kick in for mixed content, as I understand them.

its not credible that the multiple space in <code>ab     c</code> is 
handled differently from the linebreak in <code>a
b</code>
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