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On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 21:07:14 +0000 (UTC)
richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) wrote:

> In article <20170130213323.44a3c525@arcor.com>,
> Manfred Lotz  <manfred.lotz@arcor.de> wrote:
> >Hi there, 
> >Let us assume I have the following document t.xml
> >
> ><?xml version="1.0"  encoding="utf-8"?>
> ><entry>
> >   bla --> more bla
> ></entry>
> >
> >
> >Running xmllint t.xml gives a "corrected' output with &gt;. instead
> >of  
> >>.  
> >
> >However, xmllint doesn't return a non zero return code which means
> >(if I understand xmllint correctly) that from xmllint's point of view
> >the document is well formed.
> >
> >Question: Is the above document really well formed? Or is it required
> >to have &gt; instead of '>'?  
> 
> It's well formed.
> 

Thanks. I thought it is but wasn't 100% sure.

> There is one circumstance in which you must use &gt; (or a character
> reference) instead of >, and that's when it's part of the sequence ]]>
> and that sequence is not marking the end of a CDATA section.  You're
> unlikely to run into this in real life, but many programs always
> output &gt; anyway.
> 

Yes, that's an unlikely case in "normal life".

Thanks again, Manfred

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  Re: > or &gt; richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2017-01-30 21:07 +0000
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