Talk:OSM XML/XSD
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Exactly where is that .xsd?
Here are possible sources of a workable OSM .xsd
Best found so far
oschrenk Apr 25, 2012 https://github.com/oschrenk/gis-java/blob/master/lib/gis/formats/osm.io/src/main/resources/OSMSchema.xsd
oschrenk Feb 4, 2013 https://github.com/oschrenk/osm/blob/master/osm-io/src/main/resources/OSMSchema.xsd
Above schema file (as of 2-16-2015) visual
Note: there is no official .xsd See: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/41078/location-and-use-of-xsd-schema-files See also OSM XML#OSM XML file format notes. The above .xsd's may not exactly match the XML file you recieve. OSM does NOT use XML at its core. The core data at OSM is xml tagged by the API.
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