[schema] Allow an element to have any content

[Blake Minghelli]

I'm having trouble creating a schema where one element can have any content, i.e. within my xml, I have an element that can consist of any sub-elements. For example:

<root>
  <element1>
    <sub1>
      ...any elements can go here, I don't care, don't need to be validated
    </sub1>
  </element1>
</root>  

How can I define <sub1> in my schema to allow any sub-elements?
I tried playing with <xs:any>, but the validation fails on anything under <sub1>, complaining about 'unexpected element'.

[Lasse Koskela]

This should work:

<xs:element name="sub1">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:any minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

[Blake Minghelli]

Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
This should work:

<xs:element name="sub1">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:any minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

That's exactly what I tried. Unfortunately XMLSpy still reports the error: "Element 'sub1' not defined in DTD/Schema"

[Balaji Loganathan]

Blake!.. Could you please post your complete schema snippet using UBB code tags?

[Blake Minghelli]

Originally posted by Balaji Loganathan:
Blake!.. Could you please post your complete schema snippet using UBB code tags?

Here is the entire schema. The content under the "CCI_Server_Interface" is what I am trying to set up to allow any content.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="test-case">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="id" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="desc" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="exp-outcome">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="unit" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="unit">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="id" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="desc" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element ref="exp-xml"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="exp-xml">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="InfoNox_Interface">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="CCI_Server_Interface">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:any minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
  

Any suggestions? Thanks