https://dvteclipse.com/documentation/svlinter/How_to_use_special_characters_in_XML.3F.htmlhtml
Because XML syntax uses some characters for tags and attributes it is not possible to directly use those characters inside XML tags or attribute values.eclipse
To include special characters inside XML files you must use the numeric character reference instead of that character. The numeric character reference must be UTF-8 because the supported encoding for XML files is defined in the prolog as encoding="UTF-8" and should not be changed.curl
The numeric character reference uses the format:ide
&#nn; decimal formpost
&#xhh; hexadecimal formurl
Code | Name | Displayed as |
	 | Horizontal tab | non-printing |
| Line feed | non-printing |
| Carriage Return | non-printing |
  | Space | non-printing |
! | Exclamation mark | ! |
" | Quotation mark | " |
# | Number sign | # |
$ | Dollar sign | $ |
% | Percent sign | % |
& | Ampersand | & |
' | Apostrophe | ' |
( | Left parenthesis | ( |
) | Right parenthesis | ) |
* | Asterisk | * |
+ | Plus sign | + |
, | Comma | , |
- | Hyphen | - |
. | Period | . |
/ | Slash | / |
: | Colon | : |
; | Semi-colon | ; |
< | Less than | < |
= | Equals sign | = |
> | Greater than | > |
? | Question mark | ? |
@ | At | @ |
[ | Left square bracket | [ |
\ | Bbackslash | \ |
] | Right square bracket | ] |
^ | Caret | ^ |
_ | Underscore | _ |
` | Acute accent | ` |
{ | Left curly brace | { |
| | Vertical bar | | |
} | Right curly brace | } |
~ | Tilde | ~ |