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The schema version data element allows the software to know the version of the schema for which an XML file was generated. If the schema version element is not provided that indicates the version is 1.0, the original groundfish release production schema. The contents of the schema version element corresponds to the version attribute in the <xs:schema> element of the schema, the top level element of the schema definition.
Note that this is NOT the version attribute in the <xml> element that contains the schema definition. That attribute defines the version of XML, as specified by the W3C consortium.
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