Gregory,
 
The single angle brackets are part of IS0-8859-1, &#60; for < (less than)
and &#62;  for > (greater than).  Also known as &lt; and &gt;
 
The double angle brackets are also part of ISO-8859-1 and are represented
by &#171; for << and &#187; for >>
 
Maybe I'm not getting your question, but wouldn't you just reverse the
usual order >>when they occur like this?<<  As far as I know, it shouldn't
matter what position they hold.
 
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On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Gregory J. Murphy wrote:
 
> Does anyone know if there are ISO character entities for angle brackets of
> the following kind:
>
> 1). Single angle brackets, e.g.
>     < l'estat, c'est moy >
>
> 2). "Inverted" angle brackets, single and double, e.g.
>     > l'estat, c'est moy <
>         >> l'estat, c'est moy <<
>
> We have a text in which these occur along with the more common <<ack!>>.
>
> Gregory Murphy, Text Systems Manager
> CETH (The Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities)
> W3: "http://www.princeton.edu/~gjmurphy"
>