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Re: Quick question on the presence of CDATA

From: "clintonG" <csgallagher@----------------------------.--->
To: NULL
Date: 11/1/2006 6:31:00 PM

Use CDATA when encoded characters such as HTML will be used to populate the 
XML element with data. The CDATA section escapes character data which would 
otherwise cause the XML to fail validation.

<Symbol><![CDATA[<span style="vertical-align: 
super">&copy;</span>]]></Symbol>


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"Dilip" <rdilipk@l...> wrote in message 
news:1161796745.674589.318820@m......
>
> I have been out of the XML world for a while and have sort of forgotten
> the exact difference between:
>
> <Symbol><![CDATA[IBM]]></Symbol>
>
> and just:
>
> <Symbol>IBM</Symbol>
>
> Can anyone tell me why one is preferred over the other?
>
> thanks!
> 




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