<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Helo list,<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>When I try to sign an XML file that contains the character "&" it results in error...</div><div><br></div><div>The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><a name="w3c-doctype" id="w3c-doctype">W3C Recommendation 26
November 2008</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Says:</div><div><br></div><div>The ampersand character (&) and the left angle bracket (<) <em class="rfc2119" title="Keyword in RFC 2119 context">MUST NOT</em> appear
in their literal form, except when used as markup delimiters, or
within a <a title="Comment" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-comment">comment</a>, a <a title="Processing instruction" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-pi">processing
instruction</a>, or a <a title="CDATA Section" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#dt-cdsection">CDATA section</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Could you please comment if I should allow my XML files to have "&" character at all?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bernardo Höhl</div><div>Rio de Janeiro</div><div>Brazil</div></body></html>