---
type: "datatype"
title: "Open Type Element"
datatype: "Open Type Element"
---
# Open Type Element

- [Datatypes](/datatypes)
- [Definitions](/datatypes-definitions#Open Type Element)
- [Examples](/datatypes-examples#Open Type Element)
- [Mappings](/datatypes-mappings#Open Type Element)
- [Profiles](/datatypes-profiles#Open Type Element)

## Overview

Some elements do not have a specified type. The type is represented by the wildcard symbol "\*". In these cases, the element type may be one of the following:

\[%wildcard-type-list%\]

The element name ends with "\[x\]", and this is replaced with the Title cased name of the datatype.

Open types are used in the following places: \[%dtusage \*%\]