This change is OK, the 2 statements are semantically identical. In XMLSchema, the default for minOccurs and maxOccurs is 1, meaning that the element is mandatory and non-repeatable in the absence of occurrence constraints. Chris On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 16:08 +0100, Adam Rusbridge wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at the v1.1 schemas you have just released, and have noticed > that you have removed restrictions on the usage of elements. > > For example, > > <xs:element name="objectIdentifierType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" > type="xs:string"> > > has become > > <xs:element name="objectIdentifierType" type="xs:string"> > > As the 'repeatability' and 'obligation' of these elements are specified > in the data dictionary, it seemed to make sense that this also be > included in the schema itself. Can you please indicate why this was removed? > > Best regards, > Adam >