name <code>nil</code> 
 from namespace <code>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</code> 
 and value <code>true</code> (xsi:nil) even if it has no text or 
 element content despite a <code>content type</code> which would 
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<CODE>&nbsp;short</CODE></FONT></TD>
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