Problem with Open Search Description

URL not well formed

[jetteroheller]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<ShortName>Example</ShortName>
<Description>Example search</Description>
<Url type="text/html" template="http://www.google.de/cse?cx=partner-pub-example&q={searchTerms}&sa=Suche"/>
<Image width="16" height="16">http://www.pege.org/favicon.ico</Image>
<Developer>Jettero Heller</Developer>
<Contact>[e-mail]</Contact>
</OpenSearchDescription>

When I open the file with Firefox, I get an

Error
URL not well formed just after the first "&".
When I use the file to add an search provider
"There is a problem with the information provided"

When I remove the 2 "&", the XML, it shows in Firefox,
I can use the file to add an search provider by

<a href="javascript:window.external.AddSearchProvider('http://www.example.com/search.xml');">add the engine</a>

But natural, Google tells, the 400 Bad request

So what's wrong with the URL?

[encyclo]

Use

&

instead of

&

.

[jetteroheller]

Thanks!

Now makes the mystic MSIE error message sense

Missing semicolon

[jetteroheller]

One problem remaining:

This should work for German users.

When I enter in the search box a search term with German special characters like äöü
This characters are wrong in the search.