XML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

xs:anyAttribute

Attributes

namespace

One of ##any, ##other, or a list of URIs used to limit the namespaces of the attributes that may appear here. The URI list may include the special value ##targetNamespace, meaning the schema’s target namespace, and ##local, to indicate that attributes without a namespace may appear. ##any is the default, allowing attributes in any namespace. ##other allows attributes in any namespace except the schema’s target namespace.

processContents

One of lax, skip, or strict. If strict (the default), all attributes appearing here must be declared in the schema and must conform to those declarations. If skip, attributes don’t need to be declared; if they are declared, they don’t need to be valid. If lax, attributes don’t need to be declared, but if they are declared, they have to be valid according to that declaration.

Contents

xs:annotation?

The xs:anyAttribute element is used to specify attribute contents very loosely. The attributes may be used to provide more control over which attributes are allowed to appear, limiting them by namespace (namespace) or the kind of schema processing they should receive (processContents). Like xs:attribute, this element may only appear inside an xs:complexType element.