Thanks for the tip about mixed elements, that's exactly what I needed. 
Regarding the namespaces, my problem is that the xml is generated by a 3rd 
party app, and I'm trying to create an xsd basically to document for our 
purposes what the xml would look like.  Unfortunately the root node has a 
namespace and prefix (<ns0:Assessment xmlns:ns0="http://AIM.xsd">)  but non 
of the child elements do. Any way to get this to validate with a schema?

"George Bina" <george@o...> wrote in message 
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> Hi Jeremy,
>
> To allow both elements and text content in an element add mixed="true"
> to the complex type for that element. Note that you have placed
> incorrectly all the elements except the root element in no namespace
> instead of schema target namespace. You can find below a corrected
> instance and an updated schema to allow mixed content in all the
> elements that contain mixed content in the sample instance document.
>
> <Assessment xmlns="http://AIM.xsd">
>    <Location>ABC</Location>
>    <Client>1234A</Client>
>    <Client_Name>FRED SMITH</Client_Name>
>    <Address>123 St, City Prov</Address>
>    <City>CityName</City>
>    <Province>AB</Province>
>    <Postal_Code>LNL NLN</Postal_Code>
>    <Telephone>555-555-5555</Telephone>
>    <System>Assessment</System>
>    <Type>Assessment</Type>
>    <Date>28 JUN 06</Date>
>    <Completed_By>UserName</Completed_By> Additional Text
>    <Section Value="AA"> Additional text
>        <Question Value="1.A"> Question text
>            <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>            <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>            <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>        </Question>
>        <Question Value="1.B"> Question text
>            <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>            <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>            <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>        </Question>
>    </Section>
>    <Section Value="CC"> Referral Items
>        <Question Value="1"> Question text
>            <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>            <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>            <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>        </Question>
>    </Section>
> </Assessment>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xs:schema xmlns:ns0="http://AIM.xsd"
>  xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> targetNamespace="http://AIM.xsd"
>  elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>  <xs:element name="Assessment">
>    <xs:complexType mixed="true">
>      <xs:sequence>
>        <xs:element name="Location" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Client" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Client_Name" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Address" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="City" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Province" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Postal_Code" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Telephone" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="System" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Type" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Date" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Completed_By" type="xs:string"/>
>        <xs:element name="Section" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>          <xs:complexType mixed="true">
>            <xs:sequence>
>              <xs:element name="Question" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>                <xs:complexType mixed="true">
>                  <xs:sequence>
>                    <xs:element name="Question_Text" type="xs:string"/>
>                    <xs:element name="Answer_Text" type="xs:string"/>
>                    <xs:element name="Answer_Value" type="xs:string"/>
>                  </xs:sequence>
>                  <xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:string"
> use="required"/>
>                </xs:complexType>
>              </xs:element>
>            </xs:sequence>
>            <xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:string"
> use="required"/>
>          </xs:complexType>
>        </xs:element>
>      </xs:sequence>
>    </xs:complexType>
>  </xs:element>
> </xs:schema>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> George
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> George Cristian Bina
> <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
> www.---.com
>
> Jeremy Chapman wrote:
>> I've got the following xml, and I'm trying to develop an xsd (below) to
>> validate it. For the most part, my xsd is good, except I am having 
>> trouble
>> accomodating the text after the Completed_By tag.  How can I do this?
>>
>> <ns0:Assessment xmlns:ns0="http://AIM.xsd">
>>     <Location>ABC</Location>
>>     <Client>1234A</Client>
>>     <Client_Name>FRED SMITH</Client_Name>
>>     <Address>123 St, City Prov</Address>
>>     <City>CityName</City>
>>     <Province>AB</Province>
>>     <Postal_Code>LNL NLN</Postal_Code>
>>     <Telephone>555-555-5555</Telephone>
>>     <System>Assessment</System>
>>     <Type>Assessment</Type>
>>     <Date>28 JUN 06</Date>
>>     <Completed_By>UserName</Completed_By> Additional Text
>>     <Section Value="AA"> Additional text
>>         <Question Value="1.A"> Question text
>>             <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>>             <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>>             <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>>         </Question>
>>         <Question Value="1.B"> Question text
>>             <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>>             <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>>             <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>>         </Question>
>>      </Section>
>>      <Section Value="CC"> Referral Items
>>         <Question Value="1"> Question text
>>             <Question_Text>Question text</Question_Text>
>>             <Answer_Text>Answer</Answer_Text>
>>             <Answer_Value>1</Answer_Value>
>>         </Question>
>>     </Section>
>> </ns0:Assessment>
>>
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>> <xs:schema xmlns:ns0="http://AIM.xsd"
>> xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
>> targetNamespace="http://AIM.xsd"
>> elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
>>  <xs:element name="Assessment">
>>   <xs:complexType>
>>    <xs:sequence>
>>     <xs:element name="Location" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Client" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Client_Name" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Address" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="City" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Province" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Postal_Code" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Telephone" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="System" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Type" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Date" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Completed_By" type="xs:string"/>
>>     <xs:element name="Section" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>>      <xs:complexType>
>>       <xs:sequence>
>>        <xs:element name="Question" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>>         <xs:complexType>
>>          <xs:sequence>
>>           <xs:element name="Question_Text" type="xs:string"/>
>>           <xs:element name="Answer_Text" type="xs:string"/>
>>           <xs:element name="Answer_Value" type="xs:string"/>
>>          </xs:sequence>
>>          <xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
>>         </xs:complexType>
>>        </xs:element>
>>       </xs:sequence>
>>       <xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
>>      </xs:complexType>
>>     </xs:element>
>>    </xs:sequence>
>>   </xs:complexType>
>>  </xs:element>
>> </xs:schema>
>