Is special character in Xml attribute value is valid

Question

I am having xml file with its arttibut value is like New

Is this valid to have xml arttibute value like clean="AT&T".Please suggest some solution. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You need to encode special characters like this: clean="AT&T" .

As you can see, the & can be represented by & .

This is because HTTP does not guarantee data being encoded into a utf format and therefore it is not guaranteed that these can be displayed at the client side.

Here is a table of available special characters and their respective encoded names: http://www.degraeve.com/reference/specialcharacters.php