# 603-05 : EDGAR Filer Manual v57 6.3.5 page 6-7

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## The ampersand character

The ampersand character must begin a valid XML predefined entity or numeric character reference. XML with invalid predefined entity or numeric character references are treated as if an invalid character had appeared. For example, &&; is invalid XML.

REMARK: the files e60305001ng-20111231.xml and e60305002ng-20111231_lab.xml are not even good XML, so don't try to process them as such.

REMARK: this testcase is also a convenient place to test compliance with EFM section 5.2 listing a few common but disallowed characters.

## Variations

Number | Name | Description | References | Data Inputs | Result Outputs
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
- _001ng | Instance has bad XML (&euro;) in footnote, NOGOOD. | Tests that incorrect characters are caught, NOGOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
- Instance e60305001ng-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305001ng-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305001ng-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305001ng-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305001ng-20111231.xsd |
  Assertion
  ID: err, 60305, Invalid-Characters
  FRD: | cp
  Count satisfied | 0
  Count not satisfied | 1
- _002ng | Label linkbase has bad XML (&euro;) in label, NOGOOD. | Tests that incorrect characters are caught, NOGOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
- Instance e60305002ng-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305002ng-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305002ng-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305002ng-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305002ng-20111231.xsd |
  Assertion
  ID: err, 60305, Invalid-Characters
  FRD: | cp
  Count satisfied | 0
  Count not satisfied | 1
- _003gd | Instance has one of every legal EDGAR character, GOOD. | Tests that legal EDGAR characters are allowed, GOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
Instance e60305003gd-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305003gd-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305003gd-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305003gd-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305003gd-20111231.xsd | valid
- _004ng | 6.3.5, Instance has the bad Character no-break space (hex 7F), NOGOOD. | Instance has the bad Character no-break space (hex 7F); tests where exactly that is caught in the processing pipeline, NOGOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
- Instance e60305004ng-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305004ng-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305004ng-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305004ng-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305004ng-20111231.xsd |
  Assertion
  ID: err, 60305, Invalid-Characters
  FRD: | cp
  Count satisfied | 0
  Count not satisfied | 1
- _005ng | 6.3.5, Instance has the EDGAR disallowed Character circumflex (hex 5E), NOGOOD. | Instance has the EDGAR disallowed Character circumflex (hex 5E); tests where exactly that is caught in the processing pipeline, NOGOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
- Instance e60305005ng-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305005ng-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305005ng-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305005ng-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305005ng-20111231.xsd |
  Assertion
  ID: err, 60305, Invalid-Characters
  FRD: | cp
  Count satisfied | 0
  Count not satisfied | 1
- _006ng | 6.3.5, Instance has the EDGAR disallowed BOM mark, NOGOOD. | Instance has the EDGAR disallowed BOM mark (first three bytes), and tests where exactly that is caught in the processing pipeline, NOGOOD. |  |
  Parameter
  Name | ELOparams
  Type |
  Value | { "periodOfReport" : "06-30-2011", "emergingGrowthCompanyFlag" : false, "submissionType" : "8-K" }
- Instance e60305006ng-20111231.xml ReadMeFirst Linkbase e60305006ng-20111231_lab.xml Linkbase e60305006ng-20111231_def.xml Linkbase e60305006ng-20111231_pre.xml Schema e60305006ng-20111231.xsd |
  Assertion
  ID: err, 60305, Invalid-Characters
  FRD: | cp
  Count satisfied | 0
  Count not satisfied | 1