Schema: specify that element contains XML snippet

[ian mayo]

Hi all,
I'm sure there's a way to do this - but I can't the terms to describe it and am just wandering around a little lost....

In my XML schema, I'd like to specify than an element is a container for any other snippet of XML.

Could anybody please give me any advice in how to do this? It's currently specified as an xs:string, but my editor keeps complaining that it's found invalid attributes/elements inside it.

If anybody could give even give me the correct name for what I'm doing I'll be able to search more effectively.

Cheers,
Ian

 

[Martin Honnen]

Hi all,
I'm sure there's a way to do this - but I can't the terms to describe it and am just wandering around a little lost....

In my XML schema, I'd like to specify than an element is a container for any other snippet of XML.

Could anybody please give me any advice in how to do this? It's currently specified as an xs:string, but my editor keeps complaining that it's found invalid attributes/elements inside it.

If anybody could give even give me the correct name for what I'm doing I'll be able to search more effectively.

Use
<xs:element name="elementName" type="xs:any" />
or simply omit the type
<xs:element name="elementName" />
There is also an
<xs:any
element can be used inside a sequence for instance, it has attributes to avoid validation or to validate as far as the elements contained are defined.

 

[ian mayo]

Use
element can be used inside a sequence for instance, it has attributes to avoid validation or to validate as far as the elements contained are defined.

Thanks Martin, just what I was hoping for....

Cheers,
Ian