Where s the spec?
Right here (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml). Includes the EBNF. There are also versions in Japanese (http://www.fxis.co.jp/DMS/sgml/xml/); Spanish (http://www.ucc.ie/xml/faq-es.html); Korean (http://xml.t2000.co.kr/faq/index.html) and a Java-ised annotated version at http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm. Eve Maler has released the DTD and documentation used for the spec itself: this is a new version that was used to encode the XML, XLink, XPointer, DOM, etc specifications. Be aware that this version is no longer compatible with the version that XML 1.0 uses; please send any comments or questions to Eve.