is i18n messages suppose to be html escaped?

[Ted]

I'm using string tables and to i18n some messages using jsf and I've got
some unexpected behavior

if I have a string table

string1=<bold>asdf</bold>
string2=my "cow" is brown

if I then go on to a jsf page and do

#{msg.string1}
#{msg.string2}

the result I get is

&lt;bold&gt;asdf&lt;/bold&gt;
my "cow" is brown

My expectation is that the quote should have been converted to &quot;
shouldn't it? (either that or at least the <'s should not have been
escaped...)

anyone know anything about this?
-- 
Ted.