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Numeric character reference

A numeric character reference (NCR) is a common markup construct used in SGML and SGML-derived markup languages such as HTML and XML. It consists of a short sequence of characters that, in turn, represents a single character. Since WebSgml, XML and HTML 4, the code points of the Universal Character Set (UCS) of Unicode are used. NCRs are typically used…

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Numeric character reference

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Edges35
Triples32
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
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Numeric character reference

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related to Compatibility issues · 11
Numeric character reference → CP-1252, Euro, For, For Latin-script, However, HTML, In, ISO/IEC, SGML, Unicode, Western Latin
related to Restrictions · 8
Numeric character reference → HTML, ISO, SGML, SGML-derived, The Universal Character Set, UCS, While, XML
related to Examples · 7
Numeric character reference → AE, Greek, HTML, In SGML, Latin, Sigma In SGML, XML

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character html characters reference xml code encoding unicode document used references numeric markup example sgml languages ucs set hexadecimal iso

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HTMLinstance ofis a common markup construct used in SGML and SGML-derived markup languages0.80text
XMLinstance ofis a common markup construct used in SGML and SGML-derived markup languages0.80text
HTMLinstance ofSGML-derived markup languages0.80text
XML caninstance ofSGML-derived markup languages0.80text
and often doinstance ofSGML-derived markup languages0.80text
restrict numeric character references to only those code points that are assigned to characters.Restrictions may also apply for other reasonsinstance ofSGML-derived markup languages0.80text
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesIn0.60section
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesSGML0.60section
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesHTML0.60section
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesUnicode0.60section
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesFor Latin-script0.60section
Numeric character referencerelated to Compatibility issuesWestern Latin0.60section

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