steve_marjoribanks writes:

> I've tried that but it doesn't seem to like it. I created my complex
> type and derived it from an existing type. When I had my type exaclt
> the same as the existing type it validated fine and when I tried
> changing the maxOccurs attribute of elements in my complex type which
> were derived from the existing type that was fine too.
>
> However, whenever I tried to remove elements from my type or setting
> maxOccurs and minOccurs to 0 it doesn't like it.
>
> In the W3C recommendation it says this should be ok though?!

Indeed it is OK -- what schema processor are you using, and what error
message are you getting, for what schema document?

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