The DATA tag defines the number of characters that follow the tag
for which no tag processing is to be performed. This tag is generally
only used if the text to be written contains characters that might
otherwise be misinterpreted as formatting tags. Figure 1. Syntax
length
The number of characters in the input stream immediately following
the DATA tag that should be treated as textual data regardless of
any possible tag contents.
Description
Text that might contain valid tags can be protected from causing
formatting problems by using the DATA tag to specify the number of
characters that should be treated as text only.
Note: The use of tag delimiters ('<' or '>') in text that is
not preceded by a DATA tag is permitted as long as no valid tag syntax
occurs. Invalid and incomplete tags are returned to the input stream
as textual data.