html - What character encoding is gt;? - Stack Overflow This might answer your question Basically it is HTML encoding for a few predefined characters Characters like gt; and amp; are HTML Entities specifically, they are Named HTML Entities
html - What do lt; and gt; stand for? - Stack Overflow I know that the entities lt; and gt; are used for < and >, but I am curious what these names stand for Does lt; stand for something like "Left tag" or is it just a code?
HTML: Should I encode greater than or not? ( gt; gt; ) authors should use " gt; " (ASCII decimal 62) in text instead of ">" so I believe you should encode the greater > sign as gt; (because you should obey the standards)