Ho scoperto me stesso.
La differenza tra i miei esempi non è molto evidente al primo sguardo, ma se l'esempio fosse stato un po 'più complesso che avrebbe avuto senso.
L'estensione seguente chiarisce le differenze:
<xsd:element name="XList">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
conduce a
<XList>
<X>Only X</X>
<Y>Only Y</Y>
</XList>
che
<xsd:element name="XList">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
porta a
<XList>
<X>First X</X>
<X>Second X</X>
<X>Third X</X>
...
<Y>First Y</Y>
<Y>Second Y</Y>
...
</XList>
e
<xsd:element name="XList">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
<xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="2" maxOccurs="2"/>
<xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
porta a
<XList>
<X>First X</X>
<X>Second X</X>
<Y>First Y</Y>
<X>Third X</X>
<X>Fourth X</X>
<Y>Second Y</Y>
...
</XList>
e
<xsd:element name="XList">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
<xsd:element name="X" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="Y" type="xsd:token"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
porta a
<XList>
<X>First X</X>
<X>Second X</X>
<X>Third X</X>
...
<Y>First Y</Y>
<Y>Second Y</Y>
...
<X>Fourth X</X>
<X>Fifth X</X>
<X>Sixth X</X>
...
<Y>Third Y</Y>
<Y>Fourth Y</Y>
...
</XList>