XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Elements

Elements, which are the building blocks of XML documents, are bounded by start-tags and end-tags that may hold content, or may consist of one empty-element tag.

Productions

[2] Char ::= #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF]
1.0
[2] Char ::= [#x1-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF] 1.1
[3] S ::= (#x20 | #x9 | #xD | #xA)+
[4] NameChar::= Letter | Digit | '.' | '-' | '_' | ':' | CombiningChar | Extender
1.0
[4] NameStartChar ::= ":" | [A-Z] | "_" | [a-z] | [#xC0-#xD6] | [#xD8-#xF6] |
[#xF8-#x2FF] | [#x370-#x37D] | [#x37F-#x1FFF] | [#x200C-#x200D] | [#x2070-#x218F] |
[#x2C00-#x2FEF] | [#x3001-#xD7FF] | [#xF900-#xFDCF] | [#xFDF0-#xFFFD] |
[#x10000-#xEFFFF] 1.1
[4a] NameChar ::= NameStartChar | "-" | "." | [0-9] | #xB7 | [#x0300-#x036F] |
[#x203F-#x2040] 1.1
[5] Name::= (Letter | '_' | ':') (NameChar)* 1.0
[5] Name ::= NameStartChar (NameChar)* 1.1 [10] AttValue ::= '"' ([^<&"] | Reference)* '"' | "'" ([^<&'] | Reference)* "'" [14] CharData ::= [^<&]* - ([^<&]* ']]>' [^<&]*) [15] Comment ::= '<!--' ((Char - '-') | ('-' (Char - '-')))* '-->' [16] PI ::= '<?' PITarget (S (Char* - (Char* '?>' Char*)))? '?>' [17] PITarget ::= Name - (('X' | 'x') ('M' | 'm') ('L' | 'l')) [18] CDSect ::= CDStart CData CDEnd [19] CDStart ::= '<![CDATA[' [20] CData ::= (Char* - (Char* ']]>' Char*)) [21] CDEnd ::= ']]>' [25] Eq ::= S? '=' S? [39] element ::= EmptyElemTag | STag content Etag [40] Stag ::= '<' Name (S Attribute)* S? '>' [41] Attribute ::= Name Eq ...