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Ensure line number display is enabled in your text editor. Open the XML file, and locate the

text on line 6:

<name>name_of_guest</name>

<vcpu>2</vcpu><

This snippet of a guest's XML file contains an extra < in the document:

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Remove the extra < or finish the new element.

B.1 7 .2 .2 . Unt erm inat ed at t ribut e

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The following error occurs:

error: (name_of_guest.xml):2: Unescaped '<' not allowed in

attributes values

<name>name_of_guest</name>

--^

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This snippet of a guest's XML file contains an unterminated element attribute value:

<name>name_of_guest</name>

In this case, ' kvm' is missing a second quotation mark. Strings of attribute values, such

as quotation marks and apostrophes, must be opened and closed, similar to XML start and

end tags.

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Correctly open and close all attribute value strings.

B.1 7 .2 .3. Ope ning and ending t ag mism at ch

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The following error occurs:

error: (name_of_guest.xml):61: Opening and ending tag mismatch:

clock line 16 and domain

</domain>

---------^

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The error message above contains three clues to identify the offending tag:

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