DCR value to be compatible with XMLoutput

I try to use TeamSite Templating to edit/update a XML file, not a HTML file. This idea is to let the presentation-level will be maintained in the XSLT file.
The WEB application will take this XML (generated/deployed by TeamSite Templating/OpenDeploy) and XSLT to be the output to the end-user.

So, I have created a presentation template tpl file with XML-format, so, I used many CDATA tags for displaying XML tag name,
and using iw_iterate, iw_value tags to get the data from DCR.

But I found that although the real text data in the DCR file is using '&' and '<' to represent '&' and '<',
as long as I use iw_value to get value from DCR, The values always be '&' and '<', these two character will be invalid in the output XML.
After I choose 'generate' function in DCR Editing window, the output XML will contain these invalid characters: '&' and '<'.
Does anyone have idea how to real-time transform these two characters: '&' and '<' to '&' and '<' in presentation template file?
Thanks a lot.

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Pommes

Hi,

what is about using regular expression in the PT to convert the charactersthe way you want them?

Migrateduser

Excuse me, if I use regular expression, need I use iw_perl or other tag?

Here is the current sample of my tpl file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="big5"?>
<iw_pt name="test"><![CDATA[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="big5"?>
<catagory1>
]]>
<iw_iterate list='dcr.cat1' var='cat1'>
<![CDATA[<hyperlink name="]]>
<iw_value name='cat1.name'/>
<![CDATA[" image="]]>
<iw_value name='cat1.image'/>
<![CDATA[">]]>
<iw_value name='cat1.link'/>
<![CDATA[</hyperlink>]]>
</iw_iterate>
<![CDATA[
</catagory1>
]]>
</iw_pt>

Pommes

Yes, you need the <iw-perl> Tag. If you are somehow familiar with perl I would suggest to open a <iw_perl> at the beginning and close it at the end again. The rest in between can be written in perl. The <iw> Tags are also Perl Modules, so why not use the correct language right from the beginning ;-)