What is this tag called?

Asked Feb 08 '17 at 12:05

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I have worked with a variety of XML-based documents, and they often being with a line similar to

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

I understand that this line dictates the version and encoding of the proceeding document.

I'm currently writing up a report on SVG, and I need to refer to the tag in the document, however I do not know it's name.

What is the name of the tag?

EDIT: This is not a duplicate question:

I have seen discussions of a similar nature on other questions, however I have not seen anyone directly reference the name of the tag.

edited Feb 08 '17 at 12:15

asked Feb 08 '17 at 12:05

Adam McKenna

@Quentin please tell me where in that answer they refer to the name of tag? – Adam McKenna Feb 08 '17 at 12:10
http://i.imgur.com/imhK6ZS.png (and it isn't a tag) – Quentin Feb 08 '17 at 12:11
And it is called the `XML prolog`. – Peter B Feb 08 '17 at 12:12
Thank you @PeterB – Adam McKenna Feb 08 '17 at 12:15
@PeterB, which is it? XML prolog or XML declaration? – Kyle Delaney Mar 18 '18 at 17:26

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