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From the good old todo list: Add XML and XLink support.
See also <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/2003Jan/0162.html>.
See also bug 113.
For the record: SVG files generated by Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 lack the XLink but validator doesn't show the corresponding error.