Declarative Script is parsed twice

When you start a new Atlas project, the code says at the end
" <script type="text/xml-script">
<page xmlns:script="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xml-script/2005">
<references>
</references>
<components>
</components>
</page>
</script>
"
When you build the page, this piece of code is inserted twice (justlook at the source). Is there a way to prevent that, in other words,can't Atlas build his code in the existing script?
This is just a (little) waste of bandwidth

Hi,

That code is there just as a template to help you get started. The second copy of the script that you probably see is what gets rendered by the ScriptManager control.

You can just remove the static XML-Script tag if you're not planning on using it.

Thanks,

Eilon

I see, but wouldn't it be nice to merge the static XML with the XML rendered by the scriptmanager?

Currently the ScriptManager doesn't even know about the static XML script on the page since it doesn't have a runat="server" on it and there's no control that represents it. We're thinking of ways that we can merge these two concepts, and have some ideas, but nothing to show just yet :)

Thanks,

Eilon