XML Schema with unknown elements

[hooomee]

I am trying to create a schema that has a bunch of elements that are
well defined, but will also allow unknown elements. I would like the
known elements to still do validation and the unknown elements to match
a simple form: <xs:element name="*" type="xs:string />.

Is there any way to do this sort of thing? I tried creating an element
called <xs:element name="Details" form="unqualified"> with my known
child elements, but the validator complains: "Details should be
un-qualified" when i try to validate a document.

 

[Martin Honnen]

I am trying to create a schema that has a bunch of elements that are
well defined, but will also allow unknown elements. I would like the
known elements to still do validation and the unknown elements to match
a simple form: <xs:element name="*" type="xs:string />.

Is there any way to do this sort of thing?

You can and should use the xs:any element in your schema to achieve
that, see
<http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/#any>
in the XSD primer and

<http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-1-20041028/structures.html#element-any>
in the formal specification.