1. A method for encoding insignificant white space of XML data, the method comprising: identifying an occurrence of insignificant white space in the XML data; generating one or more opcodes and one or more corresponding operands to represent the occurrence of insignificant white space; reconstructing a version of the XML data that includes the occurrence of the insignificant white space based on (a) the one or more opcodes and one or more corresponding operands, and (b) information that represents the XML data without the insignificant white space.