XMLAda & unicode symbols

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I'm creating SVG files with XMLAda and I need to have a degree symbol within some text.

I have:
procedure Add_Min_Max (Min_Max_Str : String; X_Pos : String; Y_Pos : String) is
      Text_Node : DOM.Core.Element;
      Text      : DOM.Core.Text;
   begin
      Text_Node := DOM.Core.Documents.Create_Element (LDocument, "text");
      DOM.Core.Elements.Set_Attribute (Text_Node, "x", X_Pos);
      DOM.Core.Elements.Set_Attribute (Text_Node, "y", Y_Pos);
      DOM.Core.Elements.Set_Attribute (Text_Node, "class", "def-maroon");
      DOM.Core.Elements.Set_Attribute (Text_Node, "text-anchor", "left");
      Text_Node := DOM.Core.Nodes.Append_Child (Root_Node, Text_Node);
      Text := DOM.Core.Documents.Create_Text_Node (LDocument, Min_Max_Str);
      Text := DOM.Core.Nodes.Append_Child (Text_Node, Text);
   end Add_Min_Max;

and I just pass a string in. The degree symbol is unicode 00B0 and you would then normally have it as &#00B0, except if I do, then XMLAda changes that initial '&' to '&amp' and so what is then  coded is '&amp#00B0' and it fails to display properly.

Nor can I apply Unicode.Names.Latin_1_Supplement.Degree_Sign to the string, since, well, strict typing...

To me it seems like XMLAda is being far too eager and is not willing to just publish what I enter.

I raised a call on the github repository, but it was closed saying basically use the unicode name, which fails.

Does anyone have a clue how this can be done?