Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: [xml-dev] XML: why there is no escape (was Re: [xml-dev] Whatto escape when serializing XML) >Thread Next - Re: [xml-dev] XML: why there is no escape (was Re: [xml-dev] Whatto escape when serializing XML) RE: [xml-dev] XML: why there is no escape (was Re: [xml-dev] What to escape when serializing XML)To: "'Rick Jelliffe'" <rjelliffe@-------.---.-->,<xml-dev@-----.---.---> Date: 1/3/2007 11:56:00 PM > But a question like "How do we escape a non-printing > character" should have only one answer in XML: "You cannot > escape non-printing characters (in the sense of adding some > prefix that makes them OK); I don't agree. Escaping doesn't mean "adding a prefix", it means "switching to a different encoding convention", or "breaking away from the constraints imposed by the current rules". I find the usage "< is escaped as <" perfectly natural (once the strangeness of the transitive verb wears off). But naturalness, of course, is a matter of opinion. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ | ||||||
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