RE: [xml-dev] xs:string - Isn't whitespaces preserved by default?

> I have an xs:string type element to hold some regex 
> expressions. I haven't put any restrictions/facets for this 
> xs:string type. Isn't by default, it should preserve 
> whitespace? Looks like the leading and trailing spaces are 
> removed when I generate an XML using XmlBeans apis.

Who is "it"? An XML Schema processor will preserve the whitespace. That
doesn't mean that everyone else will.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/