XML Schema any Element
 Complete XML Schema Reference
Definition and Usage
The any element enables the author to extend the XML document with elements
not specified by the schema.
Element Information
- Parent elements: choice, sequence
Syntax
<any
id=ID
maxOccurs=nonNegativeInteger|unbounded
minOccurs=nonNegativeInteger
namespace=namespace
processContents=lax|skip|strict
any attributes
>
(annotation?)
</any>
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(The ? sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time inside the any element)
| Attribute |
Description |
| id |
Optional. Specifies a unique ID for the element |
| maxOccurs |
Optional. Specifies the maximum number of times the any
element can occur in the parent element. The value can be any number >= 0,
or if you want to set no limit on the maximum number, use the value
"unbounded". Default value is 1 |
| minOccurs |
Optional. Specifies the minimum number of times the any
element can occur in the parent element. The value can be any number >=
0. Default value is 1 |
| namespace |
Optional. Specifies the namespaces containing the elements
that can be used. Can be set to one of the following:
- ##any - elements from any namespace is allowed (this is default)
- ##other - elements from any namespace that is not the namespace of the
parent element can be present
- ##local - elements must come from no namespace
- ##targetNamespace - elements from the namespace of the parent element
can be present
- List of {URI references of namespaces, ##targetNamespace, ##local} -
elements from a space-delimited list of the namespaces can be present
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| processContents |
Optional. Specifies how the XML processor should handle
validation against the elements specified by this any element. Can be set to
one of the following:
- strict - the XML processor must obtain the schema for the required
namespaces and validate the elements (this is default)
- lax - same as strict but; if the schema cannot be obtained, no errors
will occur
- skip - The XML processor does not attempt to validate any elements
from the specified namespaces
|
| any attributes |
Optional. Specifies any other attributes with non-schema
namespace |
Example 1
The following example shows a declaration for an element called "person".
By using the <any> element the author can extend (after <lastname>) the content
of "person" with any element:
<xs:element name="person">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:any minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
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