Why am I getting this error about XML Declaration?

google-chrome, xml

Solution

Remove the leading whitespace before the `<?xml` declaration.

Problem

`This page contains the following errors: error on line 1 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document` This is what Google Chrome is showing me when the XML data is this: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <tbl Src="JD-API"> <cols> <col ID="0"Nam="ID" Typ="3" Wid="50" /> <col ID="1"Nam="Text" Typ="1" Wid="50" /> </cols> <rows> </rows> </tbl> ``` Why is it telling me this and what does it mean?

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