Common patterns

Remove special characters

<Step>
	 <Name>Pattern</Name>
	 <Parameter>[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]</Parameter>
	 <Parameter></Parameter> 
</Step>

Keep only word characters, hyphen, and space

<Step>
	 <Name>Pattern</Name>
	 <Parameter>[^\w- ]</Parameter>
	 <Parameter>?</Parameter> 
</Step>

Replace multiple whitespaces with single space

<Step>
	 <Name>Pattern</Name>
	 <Parameter>\s+</Parameter>
	 <Parameter> </Parameter> 
</Step>