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From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3322ptm@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 22:41:21 +0200

dmitrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

how does xml/xsl handle the "&" character - for example:
<descrip>The one & the other</descrip>
it does not seem to like this.


Yes, you must write &amp; (including the semicolon), because
a plain & is part of the syntax.
See the XML spec (you did read it, didn't you?) at
  http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml
specifically section 2.4

J.Pietschmann

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