[BioPython] BLAST XML problem? (missing encoding)

[Peter]

Hi all,

As discussed earlier, we have a problem on some Blast XML output files
where entities like a-umlaut appear in names e.g. "Alejandro Schäffer",
without the XML file specifying an encoding:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

rather than say:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

Did anyone get in touch with the NCBI over this issue?  Any reply?

Peter