Index: Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingCalculationGroupReader.cs
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diff -u -r3793f0710b624c5e9896dd9e8ec91232e5584b23 -r4ef4e426c0a77d547b58ec56581f292ddb3ed381
--- Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingCalculationGroupReader.cs	(.../PipingCalculationGroupReader.cs)	(revision 3793f0710b624c5e9896dd9e8ec91232e5584b23)
+++ Ringtoets/Piping/src/Ringtoets.Piping.IO/Readers/PipingCalculationGroupReader.cs	(.../PipingCalculationGroupReader.cs)	(revision 4ef4e426c0a77d547b58ec56581f292ddb3ed381)
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Xml.Schema;
+using Core.Common.Utils.Reflection;
 
 namespace Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Readers
 {
@@ -29,13 +31,34 @@
     /// </summary>
     public class PipingCalculationGroupReader
     {
+        private readonly XmlSchemaSet schema;
+
         /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="PipingCalculationGroupReader"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public PipingCalculationGroupReader()
+        {
+            schema = LoadXmlSchema();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Reads a piping configuration from XML and creates a collection of corresponding <see cref="IReadPipingCalculationItem"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>A collection of read <see cref="IReadPipingCalculationItem"/>.</returns>
         public IEnumerable<IReadPipingCalculationItem> Read()
         {
             return Enumerable.Empty<IReadPipingCalculationItem>();
         }
+
+        private XmlSchemaSet LoadXmlSchema()
+        {
+            var schemaFile = AssemblyUtils.GetAssemblyResourceStream(GetType().Assembly,
+                                                                     "Ringtoets.Piping.IO.Readers.XMLPipingConfigurationSchema.xsd");
+
+            var xmlSchema = new XmlSchemaSet();
+            xmlSchema.Add(XmlSchema.Read(schemaFile, null));
+
+            return xmlSchema;
+        }
     }
 }
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