diff -r e67584a06be6 -r 053054f9f702 src/XMLDocumentConstructor.h
--- a/src/XMLDocumentConstructor.h	Wed Oct 28 16:30:58 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/XMLDocumentConstructor.h	Fri Nov 20 00:09:59 2020 +0100
@@ -16,21 +16,24 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-namespace relpipe {
-namespace in {
-namespace xmltable {
-
 #include <codecvt>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <libxml++-2.6/libxml++/libxml++.h>
 #include <yaml.h>
 
+#include "XMLNameCodec.h"
+
+namespace relpipe {
+namespace in {
+namespace xmltable {
+
 class XMLDocumentConstructor {
 private:
 	std::istream* input = nullptr;
 	xmlpp::DomParser* parser = nullptr;
 	yaml_parser_t yamlParser;
+	XMLNameCodec nameCodec;
 
 	enum class Mode {
 		ROOT,
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@
 		*length = input->gcount();
 		return (input->good() || input->eof()) ? 1 : 0;
 	}
-
+	
 	/**
 	 * Both YAML and XML strings are in UTF-8.
 	 */
@@ -56,10 +59,8 @@
 		return value ? (const char*) value : "";
 	}
 
-	const std::string y2xname(yaml_char_t* value) {
-		// FIXME: escaping, assure valid XML names
-		//return std::string("name_") + y2x(value);
-		return y2x(value);
+	const Glib::ustring y2xname(yaml_char_t* value) {
+		return nameCodec.encode(y2x(value));
 	}
 
 	xmlpp::Element* parentOrSelf(xmlpp::Element* current) {