diff --git a/src/xml/parsers.rs b/src/xml/parsers.rs
index 8bd07a8..3f67be7 100644
--- a/src/xml/parsers.rs
+++ b/src/xml/parsers.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use nom::{
     branch::alt,
-    bytes::streaming::{is_a, tag, take, take_while},
+    bytes::streaming::{is_a, is_not, tag, take, take_while},
     character::{
         complete::one_of,
         streaming::{char, none_of, satisfy},
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ impl Parser<'_, DefaultAttName> for DefaultAttName {
     }
 }
 
+/// [5]   	Name	   ::=   	NameStartChar (NameChar)*
 /// [4]   	NCName	   ::=   	Name - (Char* ':' Char*)
 impl<'s> Parser<'s, NCName<'s>> for NCName<'s> {
     fn parse(input: &'s str) -> IResult<&str, NCName<'s>> {
-        map(
-            recognize(pair(
-                recognize(NameStartChar::parse).and_then(satisfy(|c| c != ':')),
-                many0(recognize(NameChar::parse).and_then(satisfy(|c| c != ':'))),
-            )),
-            |nc_name| NCName(nc_name),
-        )(input)
+        let (rest, name) = peek(recognize(Name::parse))(input)?;
+        if let Some(char) = name.find(':') {
+            map(take(char), |nc_name| NCName(nc_name))(input)
+        } else {
+            map(recognize(Name::parse), |nc_name| NCName(nc_name))(input)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -275,10 +275,7 @@ impl<'s> Parser<'s, AttValue<'s>> for AttValue<'s> {
                 delimited(
                     char('"'),
                     many0(alt((
-                        map(
-                            recognize(many_till(take(1usize), peek(one_of("%&\"")))),
-                            |string| AttValueData::String(string),
-                        ),
+                        map(is_not("<&\""), |string| AttValueData::String(string)),
                         map(Reference::parse, |reference| {
                             AttValueData::Reference(reference)
                         }),
@@ -291,10 +288,7 @@ impl<'s> Parser<'s, AttValue<'s>> for AttValue<'s> {
                 delimited(
                     char('\''),
                     many0(alt((
-                        map(
-                            recognize(many_till(take(1usize), peek(one_of("%&'")))),
-                            |string| AttValueData::String(string),
-                        ),
+                        map(is_not("<&'"), |string| AttValueData::String(string)),
                         map(Reference::parse, |reference| {
                             AttValueData::Reference(reference)
                         }),