diff -r 3e43a95fa711 xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/LocalElement.java
--- a/xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/LocalElement.java	Tue Mar 30 19:16:55 2010 +0200
+++ b/xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/LocalElement.java	Tue Mar 30 22:20:07 2010 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright 1997-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 1997-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@
     void setMinOccurs(Integer min);
     int getMinOccursDefault();
     int getMinOccursEffective();
-    
+    String getMinOccursText();
 }
diff -r 3e43a95fa711 xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/impl/LocalElementBaseImpl.java
--- a/xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/impl/LocalElementBaseImpl.java	Tue Mar 30 19:16:55 2010 +0200
+++ b/xml.schema.model/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/model/impl/LocalElementBaseImpl.java	Tue Mar 30 22:20:07 2010 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright 1997-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 1997-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
@@ -100,12 +100,16 @@
     public NamedComponentReference<GlobalElement> getRef() {
         return resolveGlobalReference(GlobalElement.class, SchemaAttributes.REF);
     }
-    
+
+    public String getMinOccursText() {
+        return getAttribute(SchemaAttributes.MIN_OCCURS);
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      */
     public Integer getMinOccurs() {
-        String s = getAttribute(SchemaAttributes.MIN_OCCURS);
+        String s = getMinOccursText();
         return s == null ? null : Integer.valueOf(s);
     }
     
diff -r 3e43a95fa711 xml.schema.ui.basic/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/ui/nodes/categorized/AdvancedLocalElementNode.java
--- a/xml.schema.ui.basic/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/ui/nodes/categorized/AdvancedLocalElementNode.java	Tue Mar 30 19:16:55 2010 +0200
+++ b/xml.schema.ui.basic/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/schema/ui/nodes/categorized/AdvancedLocalElementNode.java	Tue Mar 30 22:20:07 2010 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright 1997-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 1997-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         if (max.equals("unbounded"))
             max="*";
         
-        String decoration="["+element.getMinOccursEffective()+".."+max+"]";
+        String decoration="["+element.getMinOccursText()+".."+max+"]";
         if(element.getType()!=null && element.getType().get()!=null) {
             String supertypeLabel = NbBundle.getMessage(
                     AdvancedLocalElementNode.class, "LBL_InstanceOf",