Re: The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity ref erence from Jeff Rafter on 2001-09-03 (xmlschema-dev@w3.org from September 2001)

From: Jeff Rafter <jeffrafter@defined.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:19:23 -0400 (EDT)
To: "Dibyendu Roy" <DibyenduR@catsglobal.co.in>
Cc: <xmlschema-dev@w3.org>
Message-ID: <002e01c13448$9018ab30$f181fea9@abraham>

Dibyendu Roy,

This doesn't appear to be a Schema specific error, rather it is a
well-formedness error.

> "Jenson & Nicholson"
> "The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference"
.

Your parser encounters the & and expects an entity reference because the &
signifies the start of an entity reference within XML. In order to include
the & utilize the built in entity &amp; So that your text would appear:

"Jenson &amp; Nicholson"

With your current document, you should receive an error with any parser that
tries to parse this document-- regardless of the Schema. (some parsers may,
incorrectly, not raise an error).

Good Luck,
Jeff Rafter
Defined Systems
http://www.defined.net
XML Development and Developer Web Hosting

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