It looks like an error caused by parsing flowRegion with xml:space="preserve" on flowRoot.
This SVG works: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <svg> <flowRoot xml:space="preserve"> <flowRegion><rect height="100" width="100"/></flowRegion> <flowPara>a</flowPara> </flowRoot> </svg>
This doesn't: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <svg> <flowRoot xml:space="preserve"> <flowRegion> <rect height="100" width="100"/></flowRegion> <flowPara>a</flowPara> </flowRoot> </svg>
It looks like an error caused by parsing flowRegion with xml:space= "preserve" on flowRoot.
This SVG works: "preserve" > 100"/>< /flowRegion> a</flowPara>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg>
<flowRoot xml:space=
<flowRegion><rect height="100" width="
<flowPara>
</flowRoot>
</svg>
This doesn't: "preserve" > 100"/>< /flowRegion> a</flowPara>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<svg>
<flowRoot xml:space=
<flowRegion> <rect height="100" width="
<flowPara>
</flowRoot>
</svg>