Re: [xml-dev] MicroXML and &

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Pete Cordell scripsit:

> Part of me would like to drop > after a customer complained that
> we didn't use it in place of > and the remote system they were
> talking to rejected it.  But maybe that's more motivated by revenge
> and is a step too far!

It's required in XML, because if you need to have "]]>" in character
content, it has to be written "]]>" or the NCR equivalent.  MicroXML
requires all instances of ">" to be ">" for consistency.  However,
this is not true in attribute values, primarily for compatibility with
Canonical XML.  I would consider requests to change this.

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