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Re: [xml-dev] UTF-8 use with XML

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To: "Long, Craig Z" <craig.long@eds.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] UTF-8 use with XML
From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:30:22 -0700
Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
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Long, Craig Z wrote:
> Thanks Tim,
> 
> Here is the hex for <BirthCity>K?/BirthCity>: 
> 
> 3C 42 69 72 74 68 43 69  74 79 3E 4B EF BF BD 2F 42 69 72 74 68 43 69 74 79
> 3E

Which is to say <BirthCity>K&#xfffd;/Birthcity>

U+FFFD is REPLACEMENT CHARACTER which is a legal XML character, but 
almost certainly not what you mean.  So this is legal UTF-8 but it's not 
XML, somehow you lost your '<'. -Tim

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