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Generally, a star ("*") means "any value". To reference non-predetermined values in several places, you can use "named wildcards", which are written as: $(NAME), where "NAME" can be any alphanumeric string. (no punctuation except "_").
These "named wildcards" essentially mean the same as "*", but wildcards with the same name at different places in the OTD must share the same value. Named wildcards may be used anywhere in the OTD character data. (But NOT in the markup-- e.g. element and attribute names)
You may escape the wildcard syntax with the standard XML escape code for dollar sign ($) If "(NAME)" does not immediatly follow a dollar sign, the dollar sign should be interpreted as a simple dollar sign, as if it were "$".