[XML-SIG] Copyright character chokes parser

[uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com]

> I'm fiddling with XBEL using PyXML 0.6.2.
> =

> I have a bookmark entry as follows:
> =

>     <bookmark href=3D"http://www.optioninsight.com/" added=3D"946429657=
" visited=3D"946444587" modified=3D"946429652" >
>       <title>Option Insight=A9 - Home of the Greatest Option Program. E=
ver.</title>
>     </bookmark>

I just went through encoding hell of a more involved sort so I might as w=
ell =

chip in here.

Add =


<?xml version=3D'1.0' encoding=3D'ISO-8859-1'?>

As the first thing in your XML file (that is even before any white space)=
 and =

you should be fine.  If you don't specify an encoding, the parser assumes=
 UTF-8
(except if you use a byte-order mark in which case it assumes UTF-16).  T=
he =

copyright char is not legal UTF-8 because it''s a byte value exceeding 12=
7.  =

ISO-8859-1 or LATIN-1 allow you to use byte values above 127.


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