XML Schema: Element that can contain elements or text?

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I did some research on this a while ago and the only solution I found was to used the mixed attribute:

<xs:element name="field">
    <xs:complexType mixed="true">
        <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element ref="subfield" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        </xs:sequence>
        <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" />
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

This sadly also allows 

<field name="test_field_0">
    Some text I'm sure you don't want.
    <subfield>Some text.</subfield>
    More text you don't want.
</field>

Hopefully someone will give a better answer.

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