XML Tutorial/Introduction/CDATA

CDATA sections can tell the XML parser not to parse the text.

CDATA sections look like this: 
<comparison><![CDATA[6 is < 7 & 7 > 6]]></comparison> 
Everything starting after the <![CDATA[ and ending at the ]]> is ignored by the parser. 
The following example uses a CDATA section to keep an XML parser from parsing a section of JavaScript: 
<script language="JavaScript"><![CDATA[ 
function myFunc() 
{ 
    if(0 < 1 && 1 < 2) 
        alert("Hello"); 
} 
]]></script>

Displaying Elements as Text

You may not nest CDATA sections.
To write ]]> and you are not closing a CDATA section, the > must be written as >.
<xml_book>
  <tags>
    <appearance>
      <![CDATA[
<animal>
  <name language="Latin">T2</name>
  <project>project1</project>
  <weight>3 points</weight>
</animal>
]]>
    </appearance>
  </tags>
</xml_book>