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:description: The XSD validator action performs an XSD validation against data in a file or in an input field.

= XSD validator

== Description

The `XSD validator` validates an XML files against an internal (defined in the XML file) or external (defined in a separate xsd file) XML schema.

XSD is short for link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Schema_(W3C)[XML Schema] Definition.

As such, there are 2 entities at work here:

* The XML you want to validate the layout for
* The XSD (Schema) file that describes what the XML file should look like.

See also the xref:pipeline/transforms/xsdvalidator.adoc[XSD Validator pipeline transform].

== Options

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|===
|Option|Description
|Action name|The name of the workflow action.
|Enable external entity for XSD validation|
|XSD Source a|The options are

* none (default)
* is a file, let me specify filename
* is defined inside XML
|XML File name|The name of the XML file
|XSD File name|The name of the XSD file
|===
