Plain character data nodes (node_pcdata) represent plain text in XML. PCDATA nodes have a value,but do not have a name or children/attributes. Note that plain character data is not a part of the element node but instead has its own node; an element node can have several child PCDATA nodes. The example XML representation of text nodes is as follows:

<node> 
　　text1 
　　　　<child/> 
　　text2 
</node>