> 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/
