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Re: Discussion about XML Specification(SE)

• To: collin@s..., xml-dev@l...
• Subject: Re: Discussion about XML Specification(SE)
• From: "Wayne Steele" <xmlmaster@h...>
• Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:11:29 -0700
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I would say this is a bug in the spec. A ">" character marking the nd of a 
CDATA section is considered markup, not content. So the "...when that string 
is not marking the end of a CDATA section" clause is redundant.

Does it read any more clearly if you drop the offending clause?

In any case, here's how to use this character in content:

1. If you want, you can escape it with a character reference or ">"
2. If it is part of the sequence "]]>" in content, you _must_ escape it.

-Wayne Steele


>From: "Collin" <collin@s...>
>Reply-To: "Collin" <collin@s...>
>To: <xml-dev@l...>
>Subject:  Discussion about XML Specification(SE)
>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:41:00 +0800
>
>Hi,all:
>     The following is an actual text in XML Specification(SE).
><originText>
>         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.
></originText>
>     According to the above description, we are supposed to escape '>' 
>using '&gt;'.
>But the problem is that is there another way for us, in the content of 
>CDATA section, to write the '>' in ']]>' without using a '&gt;'?
>     I find out there isn't such a method. So actuall we MUST do that, 
>instead of FOR COMPATIBILITY, which is descripted in the XML 
>specification(SE).
>
>Collin
>


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