Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XML Schemas

anyAttribute

Enables any attribute from the specified namespace(s) to appear in the containing complexType element or in the containing attributeGroup element.

<anyAttribute
  id = ID 
  namespace = ((##any | ##other) | List of (anyURI | (##targetNamespace | ##local))) : ##any 
  processContents = (lax | skip | strict): strict 
  {any attributes with non-schema Namespace…}>
Content: (annotation?)
</anyAttribute>

Attributes

id
The ID of this element. The id value must be of type ID and be unique within the document containing this element.

Optional.

namespace
The namespace containing the attributes that can be used. If no namespace is specified, ##any is the default. If the namespace is specified, it must one of the following.

##any Attributes from any namespace can be present.
##other Attributes from any namespace that is not the target namespace of the parent element containing this anyAttribute element can be present.
##local Attributes that are not qualified with a namespace can be present.
##targetNamespace Attributes from the target namespace of the parent element containing this anyAttribute element can be present.
List of {URI references, ##targetNamespace, ##local} Attributes from a space-delimited list of the namespaces can be present. The list can contain the following: URI references of namespaces, ##targetNamespace, and ##local.

Optional.

processContents
An indicator of how an application or XML processor should handle validation of XML documents against the attributes specified by this anyAttribute element. If no processContents attribute is specified, the default is strict. If processContents is specified, it must one of the following.

strict The XML processor must obtain the schema for the required namespaces and validate any attribute from those namespaces.
lax The XML processor attempts to obtain the schema for the required namespaces and validate any attribute from those namespaces; however, if the schema cannot be obtained, no errors will occur.
skip The XML processor does not attempt to validate any attributes from the specified namespaces.

Optional.

Element Information

Number of occurrences Unlimited
Parent elements complexType, restriction (simpleContent), extension (simpleContent), restriction (complexContent), extension (complexContent), attributeGroup
Contents annotation

Example

The following example shows an element declaration for an element that contains a string and can have any attribute from the target namespace.

<xs:element name="stringElementWithAnyAttribute">
   <xs:complexType>
    <xs:simpleContent>
      <xs:extension base="xs:string">
       <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##targetNamespace"/>
      </xs:extension>
    </xs:simpleContent>
   </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

See Also

XML Schema Reference (XSD) | XML Schema Elements

For more information, see the W3C XML Schema Part 1: Structures Recommendation at http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-20010502/#element-anyAttribute.