XML DTD - What does the asterisk mean when it's outside the bracket

I understand that

    <!ELEMENT tagname (source*)>

means that source can appear zero or more times, but I don't understand what this means

     <!ELEMENT sto开发者_Go百科ry (#PCDATA | date)*>

Is that asterisk outside the bracket applied to everything inside or to story or something else?

Thanks!

It's a (possibly empty) sequence over { #PCDATA | date }. To be clear a production rule for (x|y)* is

(x|y)* = {} | x(x|y)* | y(x|y)*

In your language of "zero or more times" it means that you repeatedly choose one of #PCDATA or date where you make zero or more choices.

Clear?