Appendix: Special Characters in XML

When providing field values in an XML file, make sure that special characters are encoded using the proper escape sequences. A character is a special character if it has a specific meaning in XML.

The following table lists the special characters and their escape sequences.

Special Character	Description	Escape Sequence
"	Double quotation mark	"
&	Ampersand	&
'	Apostrophe (single quotation mark)	'
<	Open angle bracket (less-than sign)	&lt;
>	Close angle bracket (greater-than sign)	&gt;