From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-06-10T19:56:23+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT]  &lt; and > (was RE: ANN: REXML 2.3.5 && 2.2.3)

On 2002.06.10, Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com> wrote:
> 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;""
>     ^^^^

This just means "when you are escaping the right angle bracket,
you must use &gt; and not the numeric equivalent of &x3E;

Since they said "The right angle bracket (>) /may/ be represented..."
that means that there are places where it does NOT have to be
escaped.  However, when it IS escaped, it /must/ be escaped using
the &gt; sequence, and not the &x3E; sequence.

-- Dossy

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