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The DOM L3 LS tests: canonicalform08 canonicalform09 expect to find Text nodes representing white space inside the Document node, to match the single newlines between document-level nodes specified by Canonical XML. Judging by discussion on www-dom: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2004AprJun/0030.html there should, however, never by any Text nodes (white space or otherwise) inside the Document node.
Hmm. Same applies to the L3 Core tests of the same name, which I hadn't noticed before.