Define XML Element to Hold Text and Any Elements with XML Schema

Every couple years I end up needing to define an XML element to hold text and other elements, typically HTML markup elements. Here’s one way to define it in XML Schema:

 <xs:complexType name="MixedTextAndAnyElementsType" mixed="true">
   <xs:sequence>
     <xs:any namespace="##any" processContents="skip"
         minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
   </xs:sequence>
 </xs:complexType>

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