Re: [xml-dev] Encoding URI's for xml validation

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John Cowan <>
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Jerry Sheehan <>
Date
2003-08-05T20:47:12Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Encoding URI's for xml validation
Jerry Sheehan scripsit:

> Should this be allowed...The use of the %3A to encode
> the reserved character ':' as shown below?

No.  "%3A" and ":" don't mean the same thing, because ":" is a reserved
character; so IE is justified in rejecting the use of "%3A".

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