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The term CDATA, meaning character data, is used for distinct, but related, purposes in the markup languages SGML and XML. The term indicates that a certain portion of the document is general character data, rather than non-character data or character data with a more specific, limited structure.

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Use of CDATA in program output

XHTMLCross-site scriptingJavaScriptCSS
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CDATA sections in XML

UnicodeEthXSL
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CDATA in DTDs

Document type definitionURI
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Overview

Markup languagesSGMLXMLNumeric character reference
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CDATA sections in XML

Use of CDATA in program output

CDATA in DTDs

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CDATA

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples34
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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CDATA

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related to CDATA-type attribute value · 8
CDATA → CDATA-type, DTD, For, In, SGML, Within, XML, XML DTD
related to External links · 6
CDATA → CDATA Confusion, Character Data, Markup, November, Wayback Machine, XML
related to Use of CDATA in program output · 6
CDATA → But, HTML, JavaScript, Since, This, XHTML
related to Uses of CDATA sections · 6
CDATA → Character, For, New, Some APIs, XML, XSL
related to CDATA-type entity · 5
CDATA → An SGML, In, The, URI, XML DTD
related to CDATA sections in XML · 2
CDATA → In, XML
see also · 1
CDATA → PCDATA

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xml character data section document characters markup encoding entity sections example text within represented use attribute also references sgml interpreted

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CDATArelated to CDATA sections in XMLIn0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA sections in XMLXML0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueIn0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueDTD0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueSGML0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueXML0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueWithin0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueCDATA-type0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueFor0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type attribute valueXML DTD0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type entityAn SGML0.60section
CDATArelated to CDATA-type entityXML DTD0.60section

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