# XMLDocument.ContentKind Type used to define the kind of document content. ``` enum ContentKind ``` ## Overview For possible values, see . ## Topics ### Enumeration Cases [`XMLDocument.ContentKind.html`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDocument/ContentKind/html) Outputs empty tags in HTML without a close tag, such as `
`. [`XMLDocument.ContentKind.text`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDocument/ContentKind/text) Outputs the string value of the document by extracting the string values from all text nodes. [`XMLDocument.ContentKind.xhtml`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDocument/ContentKind/xhtml) The document output is XHTML. [`XMLDocument.ContentKind.xml`](/documentation/Foundation/XMLDocument/ContentKind/xml) The default type of document content type, which is XML. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)