Difference between PCDATA and CDATA in DTD

Question

What is the difference between #PCDATA and #CDATA in DTD?

Answer 1

CDATA (Character DATA): It is similarly to a comment but it is part of document. i.e. CDATA is a data, it is part of the document but the data can not parsed in XML.
Note: XML comment omits while parsing an XML but CDATA shows as it is.

PCDATA (Parsed Character DATA) :By default, everything is PCDATA. PCDATA is a data, it can be parsed in XML.