Chapter 3 Building XML Models

Any Elements (XSM)

Any elements allow you to attach any type of object to a choice or a sequence group particle.

For example:

• In an XSD file, Any is declared with the <any> tag:
  
• In a DTD file, Any is declared within an <!ELEMENT> tag with the keyword "ANY":
  
• In an XDR file, Any is declared through of an <ElementType> tag (resources in the example) with its model attribute set to "open". Although it is displayed in a diagram, Any is not considered as an object in an XDR file:
  

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