diff --git a/base_classes/NXparameters.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXparameters.nxdl.xml
index 9d7938616..46e4618fe 100644
--- a/base_classes/NXparameters.nxdl.xml
+++ b/base_classes/NXparameters.nxdl.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     name="NXparameters" 
 	type="group" extends="NXobject">
     <doc>Container for parameters, usually used in processing or analysis.</doc>
-    <field name="term" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="NX_CHAR">
+    <field name="TERM" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" nameType="any">
         <!-- maxOccurs="unbounded" is intended but is not allowed by current syntax -->
         <doc>A parameter (also known as a term) that is used in or results from processing.</doc>
         <attribute name="units"/>
diff --git a/base_classes/NXtransformations.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXtransformations.nxdl.xml
index 50a2d8d6d..c8337ce72 100644
--- a/base_classes/NXtransformations.nxdl.xml
+++ b/base_classes/NXtransformations.nxdl.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 			</doc>
 		</attribute>
 	</field>
-	<field name="AXISNAME_end" units="NX_TRANSFORMATION" nameType="any" type="NX_NUMBER" minOccurs="0">
+	<field name="AXISNAME_end" units="NX_TRANSFORMATION" nameType="any" type="NX_NUMBER" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
 		<doc>
 			``AXISNAME_end`` is a placeholder for a name constructed from the actual
 			name of an axis to which ``_end`` has been appended.