Re: On ampersands.

• From: Shane P. McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
• Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 22:44:43 -0500
• To: Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
• CC: Paul McGarry <paulm@opentec.com.au>, www-validator@w3.org
• Message-ID: <396400AA.358480A0@aptest.com>

Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
> There are some cases where the ampersands don't need to be
> escaped, like: <p>foo & bar</p>, or <a href="foo&_bar">
> 

I don't think I agree.  In SGML, an ampersand always introduces an
entity reference.  If you want to actually use an ampersand, you are
required to use &amp;. I don't see any way around this requirement.

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