<classSpec ident="att.whitespace" module="MEI.shared" type="atts">
<desc>Attributes that address whitespace processing.</desc>
<attList org="group">
<attDef ident="xml:space" usage="opt">
<desc>Allows one to signal to an application whether an element's white space is
"significant". The behavior of xml:space cascades to all descendant elements, but
it can
be turned off locally by setting the xml:space attribute to the value "default".</desc>
<valList type="closed">
<valItem ident="default">
<desc>Allows the application to handle white space as necessary. Not including an
xml:space attribute produces the same result as using the default value.</desc>
</valItem>
<valItem ident="preserve">
<desc>Instructs the application to maintain white space "as-is", suggesting that it
might have meaning.</desc>
</valItem>
</valList>
</attDef>
</attList>
</classSpec>