RE: [xml-dev] Why is the > symbol a reserved character?

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Michael Glavassevich <>
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"Costello, Roger L." <>
Date
2010-07-09T13:09:14Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Why is the > symbol a reserved character?

On example is "]]>". It isn't allowed in the content of an element, so you have to escape it:

"]]>" --> "]]&gt;"

I guess you could also use a char ref for the ']' to break up the sequence.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-CharData

Michael Glavassevich
XML Parser Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: [email protected]

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"Costello, Roger L." <[email protected]> wrote on 07/09/2010 08:53:42 AM:

> > what makes you think there is an example?
>
> If there is no example, why is it a reserved symbol?
>
> /Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlisle [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 8:46 AM
> To: Costello, Roger L.
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Why is the > symbol a reserved character?
>
> On 09/07/2010 13:42, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> > 5. I am unable to think of an example in which the>  symbol could
> confuse an XML Parser. Would you provide an example please?
> >
>
> what makes you think there is an example?
>
> David
>
>
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