What do “%” and “$” mean in the packages names in plugin.xml?

sadoskunos

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Here is a piece of plugin.xml file of a standard Eclipse plugin\[code\]<!-- Extension points --><extension-point id="pluginContent" name="%expoint.pluginContent.name" schema="schema/pluginContent.exsd"/><extension-point id="newExtension" name="%expoint.newExtension.name" schema="schema/newExtension.exsd"/><extension-point id="templates" name="%expoint.templates.name" schema="schema/templates.exsd"/><extension-point id="samples" name="%expoint.samples.name" schema="schema/samples.exsd"/><extension-point id="targetProvisioners" name="%extension-point.name.0" schema="schema/targetProvisioners.exsd"/><extension-point id="launchShortcuts" name="%extension-point.name.1" schema="schema/launchShortcuts.exsd"/><!-- Extensions --><extension point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives"> <perspective name="%perspective.name" icon="$nl$/icons/eview16/plugins.gif" class="org.eclipse.pde.internal.ui.PDEPerspective" id="org.eclipse.pde.ui.PDEPerspective"> <description> %perspective.description </description> </perspective></extension>\[/code\]Please, what do these % and $ mean?
 
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