Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >comp.text.xml Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: New to XML >Thread Next - Re: New to XML Re: New to XMLTo: NULL Date: 12/13/2008 9:52:00 PM Hi Peter Peter Flynn wrote: > Asger Joergensen wrote: > [...] > > Thes characters are not alowed in the text in XML files > > & " ' < > > > they are reserved for tags and they must be translated to > > & " ' < > > > No, only & and < are forbidden in text unless escaped. The characters > " ' > are just text and do not require escaping, although > acquires a special meaning in a start-tag or end-tag, and " and ' are bound by rules of matching and nesting when used in attributes. You are of cource right, BUT it is commen / good practise to escape all five. http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_syntax.asp Kind regards Asger | ||||||
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