XML Tutorial/Introduction/PCDATA

Whitespace in PCDATA

Whitespace includes the space character, new lines, and tabs. 
Whitespace is used to separate words to make text more readable. 
In XML, no whitespace stripping takes place for PCDATA. 
<Tag>This is a paragraph. 
this is a test.</Tag> 
the PCDATA is 
This is a paragraph. 
this is a test. 

XML parsers change all new lines to a single linefeed character before processing.