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minOccurs

Optional. Specifies the minimum number of times this element can occur in the parent element. The value can be any number >= 0. Default value is 1. This attribute cannot be used if the parent element is the schema element
I have an optional element, the parent element is the schema element. Since I can't use the minOccurs attribute, how can I get my XML to validate against the schema when this info isn't sent?