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Betty, Thanks for the response, but it wasn't quite what I was asking. I'm aware of the differences between CDATA and #PCDATA. (I only mentioned that because it was the subject of the single authoritative reference I could find in Simon's book.) I should have been more clear in my question, but I didn't want to suggest my own conclusion too strongly. My question is about the use of the Element Occurrence Indicator in this syntax. That would suggest that the DTD is requiring zero or more occurrences of #PCDATA and I can't quite imagine why it would ever be meaningful to include that syntax in the DTD. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Betty Harvey [mailto:harvey@e...] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:09 AM To: Dan Mabbutt Cc: Simon St.Laurent; xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: Element Occurrence and #PCDATA Dan: #PCDATA represents "Parsed Character Data". Years ago when I first started working with SGML, I had the same question. I saw the #PCDATA and thought what is the difference between Personal Computer (PC) Data and UNIX or VMS data. Basically is means that the parsers looks at every character. Character Data (CDATA - only valid in attributes and Marked Sections in XML) says that the parser will not look at the characters in a CDATA element. Hope this helps. Betty /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Betty Harvey, XML Consultant, | Phone: 410-787-9200 FAX: 9830 Electronic Commerce Connection, Inc. | harvey@e... | Washington,DC SGML/XML Users Grp URL: http://www.eccnet.com | http://www.eccnet.com/xmlug/ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\/ On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dan Mabbutt wrote: > I have a question about a slightly obscure syntax of #PCDATA in a DTD. > > Is the syntax (#PCDATA)* ever meaningful? > > I've searched the archives for this group, Googled the Web, and searched > every text I have. The only references I can find are in "XML For Dummies" > (2nd Ed.) where the syntax is used quite extensively on page 85 and 86 and > one single reference on page 232 of Simon St. Laurent's "XML A Primer" by > Simon St.Laurent that is really about CDATA and the use of the syntax may, > or may not, be meaningful. (That's why this message is also directed to Mr. > St.Laurent.) > > Thanks! > > Dan Mabbutt > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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