Re: [VE][404] Regarding "&" from David Dorward on 2009-01-29 (www-validator@w3.org from January 2009)

From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:03:34 +0000
To: Jahangir Alam <jahangir.alam@bsil.com>
Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <20090129110334.GA3068@us-lot.org>

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 03:14:39PM +0530, Jahangir Alam wrote:
> Why we can't use "&amp;" in Xhtml?

We can.

> Error [404]: "character X is the first character of a delimiter but occurred
> as data" 

It wasn't the simple use of an encoded ampersand that caused your
problem. 

> NOTE: Whenever possible, give the address of the document you were checking.

Since you haven't provided a URI, it is difficult to say what the
actual cause is.

(Please direct resposes to the www-validator mailing list and not
directly to me. Thanks)

-- 
David Dorward

Received on Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:04:13 UTC