http://onionworks.net/2004/renderengine/utility

xmlEncode (original : string) : string

This method transforms a transferred string into an XML-compliant format.

<xsl:value-of select="util:xmlEncode('A > simple Test')" />

A > simple Test

Transformation of any string into an XML-compliant string

This command causes the “greater than” sign to be escaped “twice”.

The output in HTML is thus: A & amp;& gt; simple Test

While the textual output of this sentence would be output as follows: A & gt; simple Test