FW: [xml-dev] Diff between Character reference and Entity Ref.

[Kakade Mangesh <Mangesh.Kakade@sisl.co.in>]

Sorry I made a mistake I just  gave reply But dint address it to xml-dev

Mangesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Kakade Mangesh
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:43 PM
To: 'michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com'
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Diff between Character reference and Entity Ref.

Thanks Michael !

But can we use them interchangeably

TAI

Mangesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:18 PM
To: Kakade Mangesh; xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Diff between Character reference and Entity Ref.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kakade Mangesh [mailto:Mangesh.Kakade@sisl.co.in]
Sent: 02 May 2002 10:53
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [xml-dev] Diff between Character reference and Entity Ref.

Hi all

I am Learning XML , In the same phase I came across Char reference  and Entity Reference but I could not differentiate between two

pl help me

 

TAI

 

Mangesh 

 

Character references are numeric (decimal or hex), e.g. &#xa0; or &#160;

 

Entity references are names, e.g. &nbsp;

 

Apart from that they are very similar.

 

Michael Kay