From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-06-10T17:50:00+09:00
Subject: [OT]  &lt; and > (was RE: ANN: REXML 2.3.5 && 2.2.3)

james@rubyxml.com wrote:


> The complete sentence is
> 
> The right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string "&gt;", and
> must, for compatibility, be escaped using "&gt;" or a character reference
> when it appears in the string "]]>" in content, when that string is not
> marking the end of a CDATA section.


Yes.


> Bad:
> <foo> ">" is OK.  But "]]>" will cause trouble </foo>
> 
> Good:
> <foo> ">" is OK.  So is "]]&gt;" </foo>


Huh? I didn't doubt any of these.
Well, perhaps I should have added:
"For more details, and complete discussion of XML's syntax, please see 
the XML spec."


> And "for compatibility" is defined as "Marks a sentence describing a
> feature of XML included solely to ensure that XML remains compatible with
> SGML."


Yes. But it's still a feature of XML:

"The right angle bracket (>) may be represented using the string "&gt;", 
and must, for compatibility, be escaped using "&gt;""
     ^^^^


Tobi

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