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RE: XML in Real Life

• To: "'michael.h.kay@n...'" <michael.h.kay@n...>, "'John Cowan'" <jcowan@r...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: RE: XML in Real Life
• From: Jeff Lowery <Jeff.Lowery@c...>
• Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:53:38 -0800

> When the UK Inland Revenue launched on-line submission of tax returns,
> they explained that they couldn't handle a tax return 
> containing "&" or
> "<" characters. Apparently the system cost ?50M to develop...
> 
> Michael Kay

I was filling out a webform here at work that wouldn't allow ">" characters,
but neither would it allow "&gt;": both error messages were the same.   I
wonder if "&&gt;;" would have worked?  >:-}

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