XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

Mixed Content Element Type

Synopsis

                        <!ELEMENT 
                        name 
                        (#PCDATA 
                        [ 
                        | 
                        name]
                        +)*>
                        <!ELEMENT 
                        name 
                        (#PCDATA)>

Element declarations that include the #PCDATA token can include text content mixed with other nested elements that are declared in the optional portion of the element declaration. If the #PCDATA token is used, it is not possible to limit the number of times or sequence in which other nested elements are mixed with the parsed character data. If only text content is desired, the asterisk is optional.