XML Schema anyAttribute Element
 Complete XML Schema Reference
Definition and Usage
The anyAttribute element enables the author to extend the XML document with
attributes not specified by the schema.
Element Information
- Parent elements: complexType, restriction (both simpleContent and complexContent),
extension (both simpleContent and complexContent), attributeGroup
Syntax
<anyAttribute
id=ID
namespace=namespace
processContents=lax|skip|strict
any attributes
>
(annotation?)
</anyAttribute>
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(The ? sign declares that the element can occur zero or one time
inside the anyAttribute element)
| Attribute |
Description |
| id |
Optional. Specifies a unique ID for the element |
| namespace |
Optional. Specifies the namespaces containing the
attributes
that can be used. Can be set to one of the following:
- ##any - attributes from any namespace is allowed (this is default)
- ##other - attributes from any namespace that is not the namespace of the
parent element can be present
- ##local - attributes must come from no namespace
- ##targetNamespace - attributes from the namespace of the parent element
can be present
- List of {URI references of namespaces, ##targetNamespace, ##local} -
attributes 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
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| 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 <anyAttribute> element the author can add any number of
attributes to the "person" element:
<xs:element name="person">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:anyAttribute/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
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