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The characters "&" and "<" are reserved in XML as what are called "open markup delimiters" -- that is, they are the characters recognized by XML processors as indicating that what follows is markup, not data. Hence they can't be used as plain characters.

XML provides for character references, which you can use to work around this. For "<" use the reference "<" (that's "& l t ;" for those with overzealous email clients) and "&" (that's "& a m p ;") for "<" and "&" respectively.

If you'd like to read a rationale and deeper explanation for all this, take a look at http://xmlshoestring.com/xml101/wfrules.

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Puran

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Puran Kaushal18y ago
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The characters "&" and "<" are reserved in XML as what are called "open markup delimiters" -- that is, they are the characters recognized by XML processors as indicating that what follows is markup, not data. Hence they can't be used as plain characters.

XML provides for character references, which you can use to work around this. For "<" use the reference "<" (that's "& l t ;" for those with overzealous email clients) and "&" (that's "& a m p ;") for "<" and "&" respectively.

If you'd like to read a rationale and deeper explanation for all this, take a look at http://xmlshoestring.com/xml101/wfrules.

Regards

Puran
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