The reverse problem.

• Using a tool to create XML from strings

  • A tree-based editor like <Oxygen/> or XML Spy
  • A WYSIWYG application like OpenOffice Writer or Apple's Keynote that saves its data into XML
  • A programming API such as DOM, JDOM, or XOM

• The tool automatically escapes any reserved characters like <, >, or &. You do not do this.

• Just because something looks like an XML tag does not always mean it is an XML tag. Context matters.