---
title: skipMetaData
framework: Core Foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/skipmetadata
---

# skipMetaData

Silently skip over metadata constructs (the DTD and comments).

## Declaration

```swift
static var skipMetaData: CFXMLParserOptions { get }
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [validateDocument](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/validatedocument.md)
- [replacePhysicalEntities](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/replacephysicalentities.md)
- [skipWhitespace](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/skipwhitespace.md)
- [resolveExternalEntities](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/resolveexternalentities.md)
- [addImpliedAttributes](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/addimpliedattributes.md)
- [allOptions](corefoundation/cfxmlparseroptions/alloptions.md)