[xsl] So THAT'S what CDATA is for...]

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Reply-To: "Michael Beddow" <m.beddow@ntlworld.com>
From: "Michael Beddow" <m.beddow@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: So THAT'S what CDATA is for...
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:53:54 -0000
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Hope this doesn't count as cross-posting, but the following sentence
from a new post on xml-dev just knocked me off my chair:

>  A business partner has asked that we use CDATA sections for all
element
>  content so they don't have to worry about handling special
characters.

So the Real World has spoken. Forget about all those encoding and
escaping headaches we grapple with so often: use CDATA for all element
content and kiss your problems goodbye!

Michael
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