What does <![CDATA[]]> in XML mean?

Question

I often find this strange CDATA tag in XML files:

I have observed that this CD

Answer 1

The Cdata is a data which you may want to pass to an xml parser and still not interpreted as an xml.

Say for eg :- You have an xml which has encapsulates question/answer object . Such open fields can have any data which does not strictly fall under basic data type or xml defined custom data types. Like --Is this a correct tag for xml comment ? .-- You may have a requirement to pass it as it is without being interpreted by the xml parser as another child element. Here Cdata comes to your rescue . By declaring as Cdata you are telling the parser don't treat the data wrapped as an xml (though it may look like one )