XML Schema

Name

xs:any — Wildcard to replace any element.

Synopsis

<xs:any
           id                 = xs:ID
           maxOccurs          = ( xs:nonNegativeInteger | “unbounded” ) : “1”
           minOccurs          = xs:nonNegativeInteger : “1”
           namespace          = ( ( “##any” | “##other” ) | list of ( xs:anyURI | (
                                   “##targetNamespace” | “##local” ) ) ) : “##any”
           processContents    = ( “skip” | “lax” | “strict” ) : “strict”
           {any attributes with non-schema namespace}
           >
           Content: (xs:annotation?)
</xs:any>

May be included in: xs:choice (outside a group), xs:choice (within a group), xs:sequence (within a group), xs:sequence (outside a group)

Description

xs:any is a wildcard that allows the insertion of any element belonging to a list of namespaces. This particle can be used like xs:element within choices (xs:choice) and sequences (xs:sequence), and the number of occurrences of the elements that are allowed can be controlled by its minOccurs and maxOccurs attributes.

The list of permitted namespaces is specified though the namespace attribute. The namespace attribute expects a list of namespace URIs. In this list, two values have a specific meaning: ##targetNamespace stands for the target namespace, and ##local stands for local elements (without namespaces). These values can be mixed in the list with regular namespaces URIs. The whole list may also be replaced by two other special values: ##any stands for any namespace at all and is the default value for the namespace attribute, and ##other stands for any namespace other than the target namespace. When ##other is used ...