# XML validation

> process of checking a document written in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to confirm that it is both well-formed and also "valid" in that it follows a defined structure

**Wikidata**: [Q595926](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595926)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_validation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/xml-validation


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)