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Hi Folks, This XML document is not well-formed: <Document> ]]> </Document> Why? Because the XML parser see that and thinks that the > symbol marks the end of a CDATA section; the XML parser throws an error since there is no preceding <![[CDATA The > symbol must be escaped like so: <Document> ]]> </Document> Now consider the ; symbol. It marks the end of an entity reference. This is a well-formed XML document: <Document> A;B </Document> Why doesn't the XML parser see that and think that the ; marks the end of an entity reference; why doesn't the XML parser throw an error since there is no preceding & symbol? Why isn't the ; symbol a reserved symbol? /Roger
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