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Error: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity

I am new to XML and getting the below error:

Error: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity

Input XML: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<root>
<test>
<access1>113AL</access1>
<access2>119AL</access2>
</test>
<test>
<access2>115AL<s/access2>
<access3>116AL</access3>
</test>
<test>
<access4>118AL</access4>
<access5>119AL</access5>
</test>
<copies>
<test2>
<access>113AL</access>
<Copy>Y</Copy>
</test2>
<test2>
<access>113AX</access>
<Copy>N</Copy>
</test2>
</copies>
</root>
Solution

  • Your XML is not well-formed. In general, this error indicates that something is wrong with the range of the start and end tags.

    In particular in your case, you have a stray s in one of the closing access2 tags:

        <access2>115AL<s/access2>

    Here is your XML with the problem resolved; it is now well-formed (and indented to improve readability):

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<root>
  <test>
    <access1>113AL</access1>
    <access2>119AL</access2>
  </test>
  <test>
    <access2>115AL</access2>
    <access3>116AL</access3>
  </test>
  <test>
    <access4>118AL</access4>
    <access5>119AL</access5>
  </test>
  <copies>
    <test2>
      <access>113AL</access>
      <Copy>Y</Copy>
    </test2>
    <test2>
      <access>113AX</access>
      <Copy>N</Copy>
    </test2>
  </copies>
</root>