XML Diff escape/unescape

When performing a diff between two xml files that may contain an escaped character i.e.
<FIELD>This & That</FIELD>
The resulting xsl does not leave the & escaped producing invalid xml.
<FIELD>This & That</FIELD>
Is there some way to instruct the method to escape reserved characters or is the only solution to parse through resulting xsl and escape characters after the fact.

Hi,
You might want to try CDATA or the attribute <disable-output-escaping="yes"/>.
Thanks,
rajat

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