See also most recent duplicate Bug #675170 “Exported Illustrator SVG with XMP results in xpacket encoding problem in Inkscape” <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/675170>
for a precise description and minimal test case (saving an empty Illustrator CS3 document (SVG with XMP export) in Inskcape results in a broken SVG file with improper encoding: "Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding").
See also most recent duplicate /bugs.launchpad .net/inkscape/ +bug/675170>
Bug #675170 “Exported Illustrator SVG with XMP results in xpacket encoding problem in Inkscape”
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for a precise description and minimal test case (saving an empty Illustrator CS3 document (SVG with XMP export) in Inskcape results in a broken SVG file with improper encoding: "Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding").