code: public static String sanitizeAttribute (String value)
      {
          for (int ii = 0; ii < ATTR_ESCAPES.length; ++ii) {
              value = value.replace(ATTR_ESCAPES[ii][0], "");
          }
          return value;
      }
docs: Nukes special attribute characters. Ideally this would not be needed, but some integrations
  do not accept special characters in attributes.