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B.17.2.4. Typographical errors in tags

Symptom
The following error message appears: 
error: (name_of_guest.xml):1: Specification mandate value for attribute ty
<domain ty pe='kvm'>
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Investigation
XML errors are easily caused by a simple typographical error. This error message highlights the XML error — in this case, an extra white space within the word type — with a pointer. 
<domain ty pe='kvm'>
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These XML examples will not parse correctly because of typographical errors such as a missing special character, or an additional character: 
<domain type 'kvm'>
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<dom#ain type='kvm'>
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Solution
To identify the problematic tag, read the error message for the context of the file, and locate the error with the pointer. Correct the XML and save the changes.
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