How to Check Whether XML Is Well-Formed?

One mismatched tag or invalid entity can stop an XML parser before conversion begins.

Short answer

One mismatched tag or invalid entity can stop an XML parser before conversion begins.

What to check

Review tag nesting, declarations, entities, and encoding. Validate well-formed markup, namespaces, character encoding, attributes, repeated nodes, and data types after conversion.

Using xml.now

Use the XML TO TXT converter, keep the source, and inspect the downloaded result before sharing it.

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