XML Schema any Element

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XML Schema any Element

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Complete XML Schema Reference Manual

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Definition and Usage

The any element enables authors to extend XML documents 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>

(The ? symbol indicates that the element can appear zero or one time within 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 integer >= 0. To make the any group optional, set this attribute to zero. 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 namespace containing the elements that can be used. If no namespace is specified, ##any is the default. If a namespace is specified, it must be one of the following values: ##any - Elements from any namespace may appear (default). ##other - Elements from any namespace other than the target namespace of the parent of this element may appear. ##local - Elements not qualified by a namespace may appear. ##targetNamespace - Elements from the target namespace of the parent element containing this element may appear.