Ampersand breaks my XML from loading with jQuery

Question

I have descriptions being displayed within an XML document and then loading it into an application with jQuery.

When I try to use '&' it breaks the code from loading. I've also tried

&

and it doesn't work either.

Is there a work around that will let me contain '&' symbols within my XML?

edit: Structure is...

<picture title="Name" description="A picture of Adam & Eve"></picture>

Answer 1

You can use &. The xml parser treats & as the start of a character entity...and & by itself is not a valid character entity.

<picture title="Name" description="A picture of Adam &amp; Eve"></picture>