XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

rng:text — Matches textual content in elements or attributes

XML syntax example

<element name="description">
 <attribute name="type"><text/></attribute>
 <text/>
</element>

Compact syntax example

element description { attribute type { text }, text }

Parents

attribute, choice (( ) and |), define (name of pattern followed by =), element, except (-), group (( ) and ,), interleave (&), list, mixed, oneOrMore (+), optional (?), start (start followed by =), zeroOrMore (*)

Description

The text pattern matches textual content in elements or attributes. It can match any amount of text (i.e., any number of text nodes), including none at all; hence text, text?, text*, and text+ all mean the same thing.

See also

§1, data, param, value