Using an HTML entity in XSLT (e.g. )

Question

What is the best way to include an html entity in XSLT?

    
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Answer 1

Now that there's Unicode, it's generally counter-productive to use named character entities. I would recommend using the Unicode character for a non-breaking space instead of an entity, just for that reason. Alternatively, you could use the entity  ;, instead of the named entity. Using named entities makes your XML dependent on an inline or external DTD.