exported our data from JIRA 2.6.1 then imported into a standalone 3.0 beta as a test, received an exception.

[INFO] QuartzScheduler - -Scheduler JiraQuartzScheduler_$_NON_CLUSTERED paused.
2004-10-03 13:24:58,988 INFO [jira.action.admin.DataImport] Importing using the
SAX Parser
2004-10-03 13:24:58,988 INFO [jira.action.admin.DataImport] Start parsing XML wi
th SAX Parser
2004-10-03 13:24:59,191 ERROR [jira.action.admin.DataImport] org.xml.sax.SAXPars
eException: Character reference "�" is an invalid XML character.
java.io.CharConversionException: Last Entity imported :[GenericEntity:ChangeItem
][oldvalue,5][group,10173][newvalue,6][field,status][oldstring,Resolved][newstri
ng,Closed][id,10257][fieldtype,jira]<br>Character reference "�" is an invali
d XML character.
at com.atlassian.jira.action.admin.DataImport.processException(DataImpor
t.java:199)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.admin.DataImport.doExecute(DataImport.java:
91)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:151)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport
.java:49)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraNonWebActionSupport.execute(JiraNonWebA
ctionSupport.java:27)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.
java:131)
at com.atlassian.core.action.DefaultActionDispatcher.execute(DefaultActi
onDispatcher.java:34)