A problem with XML Declaration

[nilayenator]

I'm relatively new to XML and facing many simple problems.Can somebody
help me please??? Here is the Error message that comes when I try to
validate my XML File in XML Spy:

Character '<' is grammatically unexpected in column 1 at line 1


And here is the Part of the Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Projects>
<presentProjects>
<project>
<projectName>IDEAS</projectName>
<projectDesc>Research and development in partnership with Physics
faculty to engage 4th-6th grade children after school with astronomy
and space science resources and computer and video technologies to
create projects of their choosing</projectDesc>
<image/>
<organization>NASA-Space Telescope Science Institute</organization>
<projectDuration>2006-2008</projectDuration>
</project>
<project>
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[Richard Tobin]

I'm relatively new to XML and facing many simple problems.Can somebody
help me please??? Here is the Error message that comes when I try to
validate my XML File in XML Spy:

Character '<' is grammatically unexpected in column 1 at line 1

There's nothing obviously wrong with the file you posted, so it's
probably something that doesn't show up, like some whitespace before
the XML declaration (though why in that case it would say the < is in
column 1, line 1, I don't know).

Try running your file through some other validator, such as RXP:

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~richard/rxp.html

-- Richard

 

[Andy Dingley]

I'm relatively new to XML and facing many simple problems.Can somebody
help me please??? Here is the Error message that comes when I try to
validate my XML File in XML Spy:

Find a better editor or validator than XML Spy (try a free one!)

IMHE, one of the worst things about XML Spy was its habit of giving you
errors of the form "Diddly-squat somewhere near here" and no real idea
as to what was wrong or where.