pcdata

it seems that a loose definition of PCDATA and CDATA is that PCDATA is character data, but is to be parsed. CDATA is character data, and is not to be parsed. but then someone told me that CDATA is actually parsed or PCDATA is actually not parsed... so it is a bit of a confusion. Does anyone know the real deal is? Update : I actually added the PCDATA definition on Wikipedia... so don't take that answer too seriously as that's only my rough understanding of it. From WIKI: PCDATA Simply speaking, PCDATA stands for Parsed Character Data. That means the characters are to be parsed by the XML, XHTML