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The XML Writer allows FME to write out XML documents.
FME features are written as rows, which are represented as XML elements in the output document belonging to a particular table, and defined through an XML DEF line.
The XML writer can be used to assemble XML documents. Very large datasets may be assembled by appending XML fragments to the root element. See Using the XML Writer In Append Mode.