xsl:cdata Element

Generates a CDATA section in the output.

Syntax

<xsl:cdata>

Element Information

Number of occurrences Unlimited

Parent elements xsl:copy, xsl:element, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:otherwise, xsl:template, xsl:when

Child elements xsl:apply-templates, xsl:choose, xsl:copy, xsl:eval, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:node-name, xsl:value-of

Requires closing tag Yes. XSL is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed.

Number of occurrences	Unlimited
Parent elements	xsl:copy, xsl:element, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:otherwise, xsl:template, xsl:when
Child elements	xsl:apply-templates, xsl:choose, xsl:copy, xsl:eval, xsl:for-each, xsl:if, xsl:node-name, xsl:value-of
Requires closing tag	Yes. XSL is an XML grammar and, like all XML grammars, all tags must have closing tags to satisfy the definition of well-formed.

Remarks

The CDATA sections are useful for quoting tags and preventing them from being interpreted. For this reason, the CDATA section is especially useful for generating XSL tags in the output.