how is this XML not well-formed???

[Rimu Atkinson]

hi all

i've been bashing my head against this for some time now, but it just makes
no sense

what is wrong with the XML fragment (line 4)?

1.. <item>
2.. <title><![CDATA[Gunsmoke]]></title>
3.. <link>http://whatson.wellington.net.nz/event.php?event=3439</link>
4.. <description><![CDATA[At Circa. By Jeffrey Thomas Directed by Ray
Henwood A dark comedy exploring friendship and dependency, about a writer
with a penchant for pot, and a dealer with a way with
words. ]]></description>
5..
<comments>http://whatson.wellington.net.nz/event.php?event=3439</comments>
6.. <dc:date>2003-07-09</dc:date>
7.. </item>
the validator that i'm using to validate my RSS stream
(http://feeds.archive.org/validator/c...tson.wellingto
n.net.nz%2Fdailyfeed.php) freaks out on line 4, half-way along the text,
between the CDATA bits.

arg??!

Rimu

[Peter Flynn]

Rimu Atkinson wrote:

hi all

i've been bashing my head against this for some time now, but it just makes
no sense

what is wrong with the XML fragment (line 4)?

1.. <item>
2.. <title><![CDATA[Gunsmoke]]></title>
3.. <link>http://whatson.wellington.net.nz/event.php?event=3439</link>
4.. <description><![CDATA[At Circa. By Jeffrey Thomas Directed by Ray
Henwood A dark comedy exploring friendship and dependency, about a writer
with a penchant for pot, and a dealer with a way with
words. ]]></description>
5..
<comments>http://whatson.wellington.net.nz/event.php?event=3439</comments>
6.. <dc:date>2003-07-09</dc:date>
7.. </item>
the validator that i'm using

Unless there is some invisible character buried in your text,
it might be a bug in your validator.

But why all those CDATA Marked Sections, when there's nothing
in them needing it?

///Peter