The Component Constraint you quote is just that, a constraint on
_components_ in _schemas_, and applies to the {max occurs} and {min
occurs} properties.

The XML Representation used in schema _documents_ allows the
_attributes_ maxOccurs and minOccurs to have value 0, but, as noted in
your other quote, this results in no component.

So e.g.

 <xs:sequence>
  <xs:element name="foo" type="baz" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="0"/>
  <xs:element name="bar" type="xs:string"/>
 </xs:sequence>

may occur legally in a schema document, but the corresponding sequence
Particle component will contain only one Element Declaration
component.

Sorry for the confusion.

ht
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