ORA-31061: XDB error

Question

Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
CORE     11.2.0.2.0     Production
TNS for 64-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Productionnot sure what I am doing wrong here. (I don't use xml often so I'm sure it is something obvious)
ok created the following table and sequence
CREATE TABLE saved_queries
   seq_cd           NUMBER,
   user_id          VARCHAR2 (50 BYTE) NOT NULL,
   query_name       VARCHAR2 (200 BYTE) NOT NULL,
   create_dt        DATE NOT NULL,
   last_update_dt   DATE NOT NULL,
   query_info       SYS.XMLTYPE NOT NULL
ALTER TABLE saved_queries ADD (
  CONSTRAINT SAVED_QUERIES_PK
  PRIMARY KEY (SEQ_CD));
  ALTER TABLE saved_queries ADD (
  CONSTRAINT SAVED_QUERIES_UQ unique  (user_id , query_name ));
CREATE SEQUENCE saved_queries_seq
   START WITH 1
   INCREMENT BY 1
   NOCACHE
   NOCYCLE;however when I try my insert
INSERT INTO saved_queries (seq_cd,
                           user_id,
                           query_name,
                           create_dt,
                           last_update_dt,
                           query_info)
     VALUES (
               saved_queries_seq.nextval,
               'Bdellinger',
               'My First Query',
               SYSDATE,
               SYSDATE,
               sys.xmltype.
                createxml (
                  '<query>
    <DropDownListAssignedTo>Bryan Dellinger</DropDownListAssignedTo>
   < DropDownListTaskStatus>In-Progress</DropDownListTaskStatus>
    < DropDownListTaskStatus>Pending</DropDownListTaskStatus>
</query>'));I receive
ORA-31061: XDB error: XML event error
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
In line 3 of orastream:
LPX-00231: invalid character 32 (' ') found in a Name or Nmtokenthanks for your help
let me know if you need any more info.

Answer 1

Could it be the space after the '<' in this part:
< DropDownListTaskStatus>In-Progress</DropDownListTaskStatus>
    < DropDownListTaskStatus>Pending</DropDownListTaskStatus>?