Remember to cover the basics, that is, what you expected to happen and what in fact did happen. You don't know how to make a good report? See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To reproduce: Create an org-mode file with #+LANGUAGE: de Create a footnote. Export as RSS. The created xml is malformed, because ß is only legal for html, not for xml. As far as I can tell, this is caused by calling (org-export-data-with-backend headline 'html info) in (defun org-rss-headline (headline contents info) "Transcode HEADLINE element into RSS format. CONTENTS is the headline contents. INFO is a plist used as a communication channel." (if (> (org-export-get-relative-level headline info) 1) (org-export-data-with-backend headline 'html info) This then uses the html-version of Footnotes, while it *should* use the default. See org-export-dictionary ("Footnotes" ("de" :html vs. :default)). Example: #+begin_src org ,#+LANGUAGE: de ,* Foo :PROPERTIES: :ID: 1fc24c32-0d07-49a5-a96b-d3860f5ec61b :PUBDATE: <2021-03-07 So 12:42> :END: note[fn:1] ,* Footnotes :PROPERTIES: :ID: 6431ba45-818f-4e58-b16e-bbc9f4e49509 :PUBDATE: <2021-03-07 So 12:42> :END: [fn:1] bar #+end_src M-x org-rss-export-as-rss The exported buffer: #+begin_src xml de Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:42:58 +0100 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:42:58 +0100 Emacs 27.1 Org-mode 9.4.4 arne_bab@web.de (Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide) https://orgmode.org/img/org-mode-unicorn-logo.png Foo ./foot.html#org80b3da5 arne_bab@web.de (Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide) ./foot.html#org80b3da5 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:42:00 +0100 note1

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#+end_src Best wishes, Arne Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.24, cairo version 1.16.0) Package: Org mode version 9.4.4 ( @ /home/arne/.guix-profile/share/emacs/site-lisp/) -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein ohne es zu merken