<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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This version is non-normative - it should be identical to the normative version that is contained in Appendix A of the relevant specification except for this comment.

Following the schema maintenance policy of XBRL International, it is the intent (but is not guaranteed) that the location of non-normative versions of these schemas on the web will be as follows:

1)	While any schema is the most current RECOMMENDED version and until it is superseded by any additional errata corrections a non-normative version will reside on the web in the directory http://www.xbrl.org/2008/ - during the drafting process for this specification this directory should contain a copy of the most recent published version of the schema at http://www.xbrl.org/2008/value-assertion.xsd.

2)	A non-normative version of each schema as corrected by any update to the RECOMMENDATION will be archived in perpetuity on the web in a directory that will contain a unique identification indicating the date of the update.

-->
<schema 
  targetNamespace="http://xbrl.org/2008/assertion/value"
  elementFormDefault="qualified"
  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
  xmlns:va="http://xbrl.org/2008/assertion/value" 
  xmlns:validation="http://xbrl.org/2008/validation" 
  xmlns:variable="http://xbrl.org/2008/variable" 
>

  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/XLink" 
    schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xl-2003-12-31.xsd"/>

  <import namespace="http://xbrl.org/2008/variable" 
    schemaLocation="variable.xsd"/>

  <import namespace="http://xbrl.org/2008/validation" 
    schemaLocation="validation.xsd"/>

  <element id="xml-value-assertion"
  name="valueAssertion" 
  substitutionGroup="validation:variableSetAssertion">
    <complexType mixed="true">
      <complexContent mixed="true">
        <extension base="validation:assertion.variableSet.type">
          <attribute name="test" type="variable:expression" use="required" />
        </extension>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>

</schema>