Should Sitemap include spaces in URLs?

[RiverMonster]

Hi,

I am using Flare to generate the Sitemap.xml file for our website.

I notice that when my files or folder have spaces these spaces are retained in the sitemap file.

E.g.

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<url>
   <loc>https://<our website>/Content/Employees/Employees Landing Page.htm</loc>
</url>

Is this correct behavior? I expected the links in the sitemap file to look exactly like they look on the website with blanks replaced by %20 e.g.

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https://<our website>/Content/Employees/Employees%20Landing%20Page.htm

Thanks

Adrian

[NorthEast]

I've not had a problem with it.
For a number of years I've submitted sitemap XML files to Google Search Console tools, and it indexes the topics fine and doesn't complain about spaces in the URLs.

[RiverMonster]

I've not had a problem with it.
For a number of years I've submitted sitemap XML files to Google Search Console tools, and it indexes the topics fine and doesn't complain about spaces in the URLs.

Thanks for the reply Dave. That's comforting to know.

Adrian