# V1.0.3 XML node Error: Invalid character in name

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/v1-0-3-xml-node-error-invalid-character-in-name/21730
**Category:** General
**Created:** [14 February 2020 22:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/v1-0-3-xml-node-error-invalid-character-in-name/21730 "2020-02-14T22:55:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [15 February 2020 07:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/v1-0-3-xml-node-error-invalid-character-in-name/21730/3 "2020-02-15T07:26:16Z")

</div>

> [@roleeka](#):
>
> "\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?\>\<foo=\>bar\</foo=\>

Are you sure that is valid XML? Try feeding it into an XML validator to check.

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/v1-0-3-xml-node-error-invalid-character-in-name/21730)._