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<xsd:schema xmlns="http://ns.medbiq.org/competencyobject/v1/" xmlns:lom="http://ltsc.ieee.org/xsd/LOM" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" targetNamespace="http://ns.medbiq.org/competencyobject/v1/" elementFormDefault="qualified">
	<xsd:import namespace="http://ltsc.ieee.org/xsd/LOM" schemaLocation="http://ns.medbiq.org/lom/healthcarelom.xsd"/>
	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2002/08/xhtml/xhtml1-strict.xsd"/>
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	<xsd:simpleType name="NonNullString">
		<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
			<xsd:minLength value="1"/>
		</xsd:restriction>
	</xsd:simpleType>
	<xsd:simpleType name="StatusType">
		<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
			<xsd:enumeration value="Active"/>
			<xsd:enumeration value="Retired"/>
		</xsd:restriction>
	</xsd:simpleType>
	<xsd:complexType name="ReferencesType">
		<xsd:sequence>
			<xsd:element name="Reference" type="NonNullString" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
		</xsd:sequence>
	</xsd:complexType>
	<xsd:complexType name="SupportingInformationType">
		<xsd:choice>
			<xsd:element name="Link" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
			<xsd:element ref="xhtml:div"/>
		</xsd:choice>
	</xsd:complexType>
	<xsd:complexType name="CategoryType">
		<xsd:attribute name="term" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
		<xsd:attribute name="scheme" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
		<xsd:attribute name="label" type="xsd:string"/>
	</xsd:complexType>
	<xsd:complexType name="CompetencyObjectType">
		<xsd:sequence>
			<xsd:element ref="lom:lom"/>
			<xsd:element name="Status" type="StatusType" default="Active" minOccurs="0"/>
			<xsd:element name="Replaces" type="xsd:anyURI" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
			<xsd:element name="IsReplacedBy" type="xsd:anyURI" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
			<xsd:element name="Category" type="CategoryType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
			<xsd:element name="References" type="ReferencesType" minOccurs="0"/>
			<xsd:element name="SupportingInformation" type="SupportingInformationType" minOccurs="0"/>
			<xsd:any namespace="##other" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
		</xsd:sequence>
	</xsd:complexType>
	<xsd:element name="CompetencyObject" type="CompetencyObjectType"/>
</xsd:schema>
