[xmlsec] Character "&"

Aleksey Sanin aleksey at aleksey.com
Thu Jan 27 15:25:19 PST 2011


"No" except the places described in XML specification.

On 1/27/11 3:14 PM, Bernardo Hoehl wrote:
> Helo list,
>
>
> When I try to sign an XML file that contains the character "&" it
> results in error...
>
> The W3C Recommendation 26 November 2008
>
> Says:
>
> The ampersand character (&) and the left angle bracket (<) /MUST NOT/
> appear in their literal form, except when used as markup delimiters, or
> within a comment <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-comment>, a
> processing instruction <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-pi>, or a CDATA
> section <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-cdsection>.
>
> Could you please comment if I should allow my XML files to have "&"
> character at all?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Bernardo Höhl
> Rio de Janeiro
> Brazil
>
>
>
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