use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(
qr{<ID>([^<]+)</ID>}
)->explain;
__END__
The regular expression:

(?-imsx:<ID>([^<]+)</ID>)

matches as follows:
  
NODE                     EXPLANATION
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(?-imsx:                 group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
                         (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
                         matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
                         normally):
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  <ID>                     '<ID>'
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  (                        group and capture to \1:
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    [^<]+                    any character except: '<' (1 or more
                             times (matching the most amount
                             possible))
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  )                        end of \1
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  </ID>                    '</ID>'
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)                        end of grouping
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