Markdown esacape

server.py

@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ REPO = f"{ORG}/LLM_benchmark_data"
 HF_TOKEN = os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN")
 TASKS_METADATA_PATH = "./tasks_metadata.json"
 
+MARKDOWN_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS = {
+    "#": "#",  # for usage in xml.sax.saxutils.escape as entities must be first
+    "\\": "\",
+    "`": "`",
+    "*": "*",
+    "_": "_",
+    "{": "{",
+    "}": "}",
+    "[": "[",
+    "]": "]",
+    "(": "(",
+    ")": ")",
+    "+": "+",
+    "-": "-",
+    ".": ".",
+    "!": "!",
+    "=": "=",
+    "|": "|"
+}
+
 class LeaderboardServer:
     def __init__(self):
         self.server_address = REPO
@@ -111,7 +131,7 @@ class LeaderboardServer:
                 model_link = data["metadata"]["link_to_model"]
                 model_title = data["metadata"]["team_name"] + "/" + data["metadata"]["model_name"]
                 model_title_abbr = self.abbreviate(data["metadata"]["team_name"], 14) + "/" + self.abbreviate(data["metadata"]["model_name"], 14)
-                local_results["model"] = f'<a href={xmlQuoteAttr(model_link)} title={xmlQuoteAttr(model_title)}>{xmlEscape(model_title_abbr)}</a>'  # TODO: Markdown esacape
+                local_results["model"] = f'<a href={xmlQuoteAttr(model_link)} title={xmlQuoteAttr(model_title)}>{xmlEscape(model_title_abbr, MARKDOWN_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS)}</a>'
                 release = data["metadata"].get("submission_timestamp")
                 release = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d", time.gmtime(release)) if release else "N/A"
                 local_results["release"] = release