diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ecoinformatics/eml/EMLParserServlet.java b/src/main/java/org/ecoinformatics/eml/EMLParserServlet.java
index 43b343f3..461d9dfb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ecoinformatics/eml/EMLParserServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ecoinformatics/eml/EMLParserServlet.java
@@ -62,476 +62,429 @@
 /**
  * Servlet interface for the EMLParser
  */
-public class EMLParserServlet extends HttpServlet
-{
-
-  private ServletConfig servletconfig = null;
-  private ServletContext context = null;
-  private HttpServletRequest request;
-  private static HttpServletResponse response;
-  private static PrintWriter out = null;
-  private Hashtable params = new Hashtable();
-  private static final String NAMESPACEKEYWORD = "xmlns";
-  public static final String EML2_1_1NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1";
-  public static final String EML2_1_0NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0";
-  public static final String EML2_0_1NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.0.1";
-  public static final String EML2_0_0NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.0.0";
-
-  /**
-   * Initialize the servlet
-   */
-  public void init(ServletConfig servletconfig) throws ServletException
-  {
-    try
-    {
-      super.init(servletconfig);
-      this.servletconfig = servletconfig;
-      this.context = servletconfig.getServletContext();
-      System.out.println("Starting EMLParserServlet");
+public class EMLParserServlet extends HttpServlet {
+
+    private ServletConfig servletconfig = null;
+    private ServletContext context = null;
+    private HttpServletRequest request;
+    private static HttpServletResponse response;
+    private static PrintWriter out = null;
+    private Hashtable params = new Hashtable();
+    private static final String NAMESPACEKEYWORD = "xmlns";
+    public static final String EML2_1_1NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.1";
+    public static final String EML2_1_0NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.1.0";
+    public static final String EML2_0_1NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.0.1";
+    public static final String EML2_0_0NAMESPACE = "eml://ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.0.0";
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the servlet
+     */
+    public void init(ServletConfig servletconfig) throws ServletException {
+        try {
+            super.init(servletconfig);
+            this.servletconfig = servletconfig;
+            this.context = servletconfig.getServletContext();
+            System.out.println("Starting EMLParserServlet");
+        } catch (ServletException ex) {
+            throw ex;
+        }
     }
-    catch (ServletException ex)
-    {
-      throw ex;
+
+    /**
+     * Destroy the servlet
+     */
+    public void destroy() {
+        System.out.println("Destroying EMLParserServlet");
     }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Destroy the servlet
-   */
-  public void destroy()
-  {
-    System.out.println("Destroying EMLParserServlet");
-  }
-
-  /** Handle "GET" method requests from HTTP clients */
-  public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+
+    /** Handle "GET" method requests from HTTP clients */
+    public void doGet (HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException, IOException {
 
-    // Process the data and send back the response
-    handleGetOrPost(request, response);
-  }
+        // Process the data and send back the response
+        handleGetOrPost(request, response);
+    }
 
-  /** Handle "POST" method requests from HTTP clients */
-  public void doPost( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+    /** Handle "POST" method requests from HTTP clients */
+    public void doPost( HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
     throws ServletException, IOException {
 
-    // Process the data and send back the response
-    handleGetOrPost(request, response);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Control servlet response depending on the action parameter specified
-   */
-  private void handleGetOrPost(HttpServletRequest request,
-                               HttpServletResponse response)
-                               throws ServletException, IOException
-  {
-    this.request = request;
-    this.response = response;
-    StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer();
-    out = response.getWriter();
-    String ctype = request.getContentType();
-    InputStream fileToParse = null;
-    File tempfile = null;
-
-    html.append("<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD html 4.0//EN\">");
-    html.append("<html>");
-    html.append("<head>");
-    html.append("<title>EML Parser</title>");
-    html.append("</head>");
-    html.append("<body>");
-    html.append("<h3>EML Parser</h3>");
-
-    HttpSession sess = request.getSession(true);
-    String sess_id = "";
-    try
-    { //get the cookie for the session.
-      sess_id = (String)sess.getId();
-    }
-    catch(IllegalStateException ise)
-    {
-      System.out.println("error in handleGetOrPost: this shouldn't " +
-                         "happen: the session should be valid: " +
-                         ise.getMessage());
+        // Process the data and send back the response
+        handleGetOrPost(request, response);
     }
 
-    tempfile = File.createTempFile(".emlparser", ".tmp");
-
-    if (ctype != null && ctype.startsWith("multipart/form-data"))
-    { //deal with multipart encoding of the package zip file
-      try
-      {
-        fileToParse = handleGetFile(request, response);
-        int c = fileToParse.read();
-        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempfile);
-        while(c != -1)
-        {
-          fos.write(c);
-          c = fileToParse.read();
+    /**
+     * Control servlet response depending on the action parameter specified
+     */
+    private void handleGetOrPost(HttpServletRequest request,
+                                 HttpServletResponse response)
+    throws ServletException, IOException {
+        this.request = request;
+        this.response = response;
+        StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer();
+        out = response.getWriter();
+        String ctype = request.getContentType();
+        InputStream fileToParse = null;
+        File tempfile = null;
+
+        html.append("<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD html 4.0//EN\">");
+        html.append("<html>");
+        html.append("<head>");
+        html.append("<title>EML Parser</title>");
+        html.append("</head>");
+        html.append("<body>");
+        html.append("<h3>EML Parser</h3>");
+
+        HttpSession sess = request.getSession(true);
+        String sess_id = "";
+        try {
+            //get the cookie for the session.
+            sess_id = (String)sess.getId();
+        } catch(IllegalStateException ise) {
+            System.out.println("error in handleGetOrPost: this shouldn't " +
+                               "happen: the session should be valid: " +
+                               ise.getMessage());
         }
-        fos.flush();
-        fos.close();
-      }
-      catch(Exception e)
-      {
-        out.println("<html><body><h1>Error handling multipart data: " +
-                    e.getMessage() + "</h1></body></html>");
-        System.out.println("Error handling multipart data: " + e.getMessage());
-        e.printStackTrace();
-      }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      Enumeration paramlist = request.getParameterNames();
-      while (paramlist.hasMoreElements())
-      {
-        String name = (String)paramlist.nextElement();
-        Object value = request.getParameterValues(name);
-        params.put(name,value);
-      }
-    }
 
-    String action = ((String[])params.get("action"))[0];
+        tempfile = File.createTempFile(".emlparser", ".tmp");
 
-    if(action.equals("parse"))
-    { //parse action
-      html.append(parse(tempfile));
-    }
-    else if(action.equals("textparse"))
-    {
-      String doctext = ((String[])params.get("doctext"))[0];
-      if(doctext == null || doctext.trim().equals(""))
-      {
-        html.append("<h4>Error.  Submitted document is null.</h4>");
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        StringReader sr = new StringReader(doctext);
-        FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(tempfile);
-        int c = sr.read();
-        while(c != -1)
-        {
-          fw.write(c);
-          c = sr.read();
+        if (ctype != null && ctype.startsWith("multipart/form-data")) {
+            //deal with multipart encoding of the package zip file
+            try {
+                fileToParse = handleGetFile(request, response);
+                int c = fileToParse.read();
+                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempfile);
+                while(c != -1) {
+                    fos.write(c);
+                    c = fileToParse.read();
+                }
+                fos.flush();
+                fos.close();
+            } catch(Exception e) {
+                out.println("<html><body><h1>Error handling multipart data: " +
+                            e.getMessage() + "</h1></body></html>");
+                System.out.println("Error handling multipart data: " + e.getMessage());
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        } else {
+            Enumeration paramlist = request.getParameterNames();
+            while (paramlist.hasMoreElements()) {
+                String name = (String)paramlist.nextElement();
+                Object value = request.getParameterValues(name);
+                params.put(name,value);
+            }
         }
-        fw.flush();
-        fw.close();
 
-        html.append(parse(tempfile));
-      }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      html.append("<h4>Error.  Action '").append(action);
-      html.append("' not registered</h4>");
-    }
+        String action = ((String[])params.get("action"))[0];
 
-    tempfile.delete();
-
-    html.append("<hr><a href=\"/emlparser\">Back</a> to the previous page.");
-    
-    html.append("</body></html>");
-    response.setContentType("text/html");
-    out.println(html.toString());
-    out.flush();
-  }
-
-  private String parse(File tempfile)
-  {
-    StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer();
-
-    try
-    {
-      if(tempfile != null)
-      {
-        EMLParser parser = new EMLParser(tempfile);
-        html.append("<h4>EML specific tests: Passed.</h4><p>The tests which ");
-        html.append("are specific to EML, including validation that IDs are ");
-	html.append("present and properly referenced, have passed.</p>");
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        html.append("<h4>Error: The file sent to the parser was null.</h4>");
-      }
-    }
-    catch(Exception e)
-    {
-      html.append("<h4>EML specific tests: Failed.</h4><p>The following errors were found:");
-      html.append("</p><p>").append(e.getMessage()).append("</p>");
-    }
+        if(action.equals("parse")) {
+            //parse action
+            html.append(parse(tempfile));
+        } else if(action.equals("textparse")) {
+            String doctext = ((String[])params.get("doctext"))[0];
+            if(doctext == null || doctext.trim().equals("")) {
+                html.append("<h4>Error.  Submitted document is null.</h4>");
+            } else {
+                StringReader sr = new StringReader(doctext);
+                FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(tempfile);
+                int c = sr.read();
+                while(c != -1) {
+                    fw.write(c);
+                    c = sr.read();
+                }
+                fw.flush();
+                fw.close();
 
-    try
-    {
-    	// TODO: handle UTF-8
-      Reader xmlReader = new FileReader(tempfile);
-      String namespaceInDoc = findNamespace(xmlReader);
-      xmlReader.close();
-      System.out.println("The namespace in xml is "+namespaceInDoc);
-      SAXValidate validator = new SAXValidate(true);
-      validator.runTest(new FileReader(tempfile), "DEFAULT", namespaceInDoc);
-      html.append("<hr><h4>XML specific tests: Passed.</h4>");
-      html.append("<p>Document is XML-schema valid. There were no XML errors found in your document.</p>");
-    }
-    catch(IOException ioe)
-    {
-      html.append("<hr><h4>IOException: Error reading file</h4>");
-      html.append("<p>").append(ioe.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+                html.append(parse(tempfile));
+            }
+        } else {
+            html.append("<h4>Error.  Action '").append(action);
+            html.append("' not registered</h4>");
+        }
+
+        tempfile.delete();
+
+        html.append("<hr><a href=\"/emlparser\">Back</a> to the previous page.");
+
+        html.append("</body></html>");
+        response.setContentType("text/html");
+        out.println(html.toString());
+        out.flush();
     }
-    catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
-    {
-      html.append("<hr><h4>Parser class not found</h4>");
-      html.append("<p>").append(cnfe.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+
+    private String parse(File tempfile) {
+        StringBuffer html = new StringBuffer();
+
+        try {
+            if(tempfile != null) {
+                EMLParser parser = new EMLParser(tempfile);
+                html.append("<h4>EML specific tests: Passed.</h4><p>The tests which ");
+                html.append("are specific to EML, including validation that IDs are ");
+                html.append("present and properly referenced, have passed.</p>");
+            } else {
+                html.append("<h4>Error: The file sent to the parser was null.</h4>");
+            }
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            html.append("<h4>EML specific tests: Failed.</h4><p>The following errors were found:");
+            html.append("</p><p>").append(e.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // TODO: handle UTF-8
+            Reader xmlReader = new FileReader(tempfile);
+            String namespaceInDoc = findNamespace(xmlReader);
+            xmlReader.close();
+            System.out.println("The namespace in xml is "+namespaceInDoc);
+            SAXValidate validator = new SAXValidate(true);
+            validator.runTest(new FileReader(tempfile), "DEFAULT", namespaceInDoc);
+            html.append("<hr><h4>XML specific tests: Passed.</h4>");
+            html.append("<p>Document is XML-schema valid. There were no XML errors found in your document.</p>");
+        } catch(IOException ioe) {
+            html.append("<hr><h4>IOException: Error reading file</h4>");
+            html.append("<p>").append(ioe.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+        } catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
+            html.append("<hr><h4>Parser class not found</h4>");
+            html.append("<p>").append(cnfe.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+        } catch(SAXException se) {
+            if(se.getMessage().indexOf("WARNING") != -1) {
+                html.append("<hr><h4>XML-Schema Warning</h4><p>The following warnings ");
+                html.append("were issued about your document: </p><p>");
+                html.append(se.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+            } else {
+                html.append("<hr><h4>XML specific tests: Failed</h4><p>");
+                html.append("The following errors were ");
+                html.append("found:</p><p>").append(se.getMessage()).append("</p>");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return html.toString();
     }
-    catch(SAXException se)
-    {
-      if(se.getMessage().indexOf("WARNING") != -1)
-      {
-        html.append("<hr><h4>XML-Schema Warning</h4><p>The following warnings ");
-        html.append("were issued about your document: </p><p>");
-        html.append(se.getMessage()).append("</p>");
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        html.append("<hr><h4>XML specific tests: Failed</h4><p>");
-        html.append("The following errors were ");
-        html.append("found:</p><p>").append(se.getMessage()).append("</p>");
-      }
+
+    /**
+    * This method deals with getting the zip file from the client, unzipping
+    * it, then running the process on it.
+    */
+    private InputStream handleGetFile(HttpServletRequest request,
+                                      HttpServletResponse response)
+    throws Exception {
+        Hashtable fileList = new Hashtable();
+        try {
+            MultipartParser mp = new MultipartParser(request, 1024 * 1024 * 8);
+            Part part;
+            while ((part = mp.readNextPart()) != null) {
+                String name = part.getName();
+                if (part.isParam()) {
+                    // it's a parameter part
+                    ParamPart paramPart = (ParamPart) part;
+                    String value = paramPart.getStringValue();
+                    String[] s = {value};
+                    params.put(name, s);
+                } else if (part.isFile()) {
+                    // it's a file part
+                    FilePart filePart = (FilePart) part;
+                    fileList.put(name, filePart);
+                    // Stop once the first file part is found, otherwise going onto the
+                    // next part prevents access to the file contents.  So...for upload
+                    // to work, the datafile must be the last part
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ioe) {
+            throw ioe;
+        }
+
+        //now that we have the file, do some checking and get the files we need
+        //out of the zip file.
+        FilePart fp = (FilePart)fileList.get("filename");
+        return fp.getInputStream();
     }
 
-    return html.toString();
-  }
-
-   /**
-   * This method deals with getting the zip file from the client, unzipping
-   * it, then running the process on it.
-   */
-  private InputStream handleGetFile(HttpServletRequest request,
-                               HttpServletResponse response)
-                               throws Exception
-  {
-    Hashtable fileList = new Hashtable();
-    try
-    {
-      MultipartParser mp = new MultipartParser(request, 1024 * 1024 * 8);
-      Part part;
-      while ((part = mp.readNextPart()) != null)
-      {
-        String name = part.getName();
-        if (part.isParam())
-        { // it's a parameter part
-          ParamPart paramPart = (ParamPart) part;
-          String value = paramPart.getStringValue();
-          String[] s = {value};
-          params.put(name, s);
+    /**
+     * Gets namespace from the xml source
+     */
+    public static String findNamespace(Reader xml) throws IOException {
+
+        String namespace = null;
+
+        String eml2_0_0NameSpace = EML2_0_0NAMESPACE;
+        String eml2_0_1NameSpace = EML2_0_1NAMESPACE;
+        String eml2_1_0NameSpace = EML2_1_0NAMESPACE;
+        String eml2_1_1NameSpace = EML2_1_1NAMESPACE;
+
+        if (xml == null) {
+            //System.out.println("Validation for schema is "+ namespace);
+            return namespace;
         }
-        else if (part.isFile())
-        { // it's a file part
-          FilePart filePart = (FilePart) part;
-          fileList.put(name, filePart);
-          // Stop once the first file part is found, otherwise going onto the
-          // next part prevents access to the file contents.  So...for upload
-          // to work, the datafile must be the last part
-          break;
+        String targetLine = getSchemaLine(xml);
+
+        if (targetLine != null) {
+
+            // find if the root element has prefix
+            String prefix = getPrefix(targetLine);
+            //System.out.println("prefix is:" + prefix);
+            int startIndex = 0;
+
+
+            if(prefix != null) {
+                // if prefix found then look for xmlns:prefix
+                // element to find the ns
+                String namespaceWithPrefix = NAMESPACEKEYWORD
+                                             + ":" + prefix;
+                startIndex = targetLine.indexOf(namespaceWithPrefix);
+                //System.out.println("namespaceWithPrefix is:" + namespaceWithPrefix+":");
+                //System.out.println("startIndex is:" + startIndex);
+
+            } else {
+                // if prefix not found then look for xmlns
+                // attribute to find the ns
+                startIndex = targetLine.indexOf(NAMESPACEKEYWORD);
+                //System.out.println("startIndex is:" + startIndex);
+            }
+
+            int start = 1;
+            int end = 1;
+            String namespaceString = null;
+            int count = 0;
+            if (startIndex != -1) {
+                for (int i = startIndex; i < targetLine.length(); i++) {
+                    if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"') {
+                        count++;
+                    }
+                    if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"' && count == 1) {
+                        start = i;
+                    }
+                    if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"' && count == 2) {
+                        end = i;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // else: xmlns not found. namespace = null will be returned
+
+            //System.out.println("targetLine is " + targetLine);
+            //System.out.println("start is " + end);
+            //System.out.println("end is " + end);
+
+            if(start < end) {
+                namespaceString = targetLine.substring(start + 1, end);
+                //System.out.println("namespaceString is " + namespaceString);
+            }
+            //System.out.println("namespace in xml is: "+ namespaceString);
+            if(namespaceString != null) {
+                if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_0_0NameSpace) != -1) {
+                    namespace = eml2_0_0NameSpace;
+                } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_0_1NameSpace) != -1) {
+                    namespace = eml2_0_1NameSpace;
+                } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_1_0NameSpace) != -1) {
+                    namespace = eml2_1_0NameSpace;
+                } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_1_1NameSpace) != -1) {
+                    namespace = eml2_1_1NameSpace;
+                } else {
+                    namespace = namespaceString;
+                }
+            }
         }
-      }
+
+        //System.out.println("Validation for eml is " + namespace);
+
+        return namespace;
+
     }
-    catch (Exception ioe)
-    {
-      throw ioe;
+
+    /*
+     * Gets the string which contains schema declaration info
+     */
+    private static String getSchemaLine(Reader xml) throws IOException {
+
+        // find the line
+        String secondLine = null;
+        int count = 0;
+        int endIndex = 0;
+        int startIndex = 0;
+        final int TARGETNUM = 1;
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+        boolean comment = false;
+        boolean processingInstruction = false;
+        char thirdPreviousCharacter = '?';
+        char secondPreviousCharacter = '?';
+        char previousCharacter = '?';
+        char currentCharacter = '?';
+        int tmp = xml.read();
+        while (tmp != -1) {
+            currentCharacter = (char)tmp;
+            //in a comment
+            if (currentCharacter == '-' && previousCharacter == '-'
+                    && secondPreviousCharacter == '!'
+                    && thirdPreviousCharacter == '<') {
+                comment = true;
+            }
+            //out of comment
+            if (comment && currentCharacter == '>' && previousCharacter == '-'
+                    && secondPreviousCharacter == '-') {
+                comment = false;
+            }
+
+            //in a processingInstruction
+            if (currentCharacter == '?' && previousCharacter == '<') {
+                processingInstruction = true;
+            }
+
+            //out of processingInstruction
+            if (processingInstruction && currentCharacter == '>'
+                    && previousCharacter == '?') {
+                processingInstruction = false;
+            }
+
+            //this is not comment or a processingInstruction
+            if (currentCharacter != '!' && previousCharacter == '<'
+                    && !comment && !processingInstruction) {
+                count++;
+            }
+
+            // get target line
+            if (count == TARGETNUM && currentCharacter != '>') {
+                buffer.append(currentCharacter);
+            }
+            if (count == TARGETNUM && currentCharacter == '>') {
+                break;
+            }
+            thirdPreviousCharacter = secondPreviousCharacter;
+            secondPreviousCharacter = previousCharacter;
+            previousCharacter = currentCharacter;
+            tmp = xml.read();
+        }
+        secondLine = buffer.toString();
+        //System.out.println("the second line string is: " + secondLine);
+
+        //xml.reset();
+        return secondLine;
     }
 
-    //now that we have the file, do some checking and get the files we need
-    //out of the zip file.
-    FilePart fp = (FilePart)fileList.get("filename");
-    return fp.getInputStream();
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Gets namespace from the xml source
-   */
-  public static String findNamespace(Reader xml) throws IOException {
-     
-      String namespace = null;
-      
-      String eml2_0_0NameSpace = EML2_0_0NAMESPACE;
-      String eml2_0_1NameSpace = EML2_0_1NAMESPACE;
-      String eml2_1_0NameSpace = EML2_1_0NAMESPACE;
-      String eml2_1_1NameSpace = EML2_1_1NAMESPACE;
-      
-      if (xml == null) {
-          //System.out.println("Validation for schema is "+ namespace);
-          return namespace;
-      }
-      String targetLine = getSchemaLine(xml);
-      
-      if (targetLine != null) {
-          
-          // find if the root element has prefix
-          String prefix = getPrefix(targetLine);
-          //System.out.println("prefix is:" + prefix);
-          int startIndex = 0;
-          
-          
-          if(prefix != null) {
-              // if prefix found then look for xmlns:prefix
-              // element to find the ns
-              String namespaceWithPrefix = NAMESPACEKEYWORD
-                      + ":" + prefix;
-              startIndex = targetLine.indexOf(namespaceWithPrefix);
-              //System.out.println("namespaceWithPrefix is:" + namespaceWithPrefix+":");
-              //System.out.println("startIndex is:" + startIndex);
-              
-          } else {
-              // if prefix not found then look for xmlns
-              // attribute to find the ns
-              startIndex = targetLine.indexOf(NAMESPACEKEYWORD);
-              //System.out.println("startIndex is:" + startIndex);
-          }
-          
-          int start = 1;
-          int end = 1;
-          String namespaceString = null;
-          int count = 0;
-          if (startIndex != -1) {
-              for (int i = startIndex; i < targetLine.length(); i++) {
-                  if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"') {
-                      count++;
-                  }
-                  if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"' && count == 1) {
-                      start = i;
-                  }
-                  if (targetLine.charAt(i) == '"' && count == 2) {
-                      end = i;
-                      break;
-                  }
-              }
-          }
-          // else: xmlns not found. namespace = null will be returned
-          
-          //System.out.println("targetLine is " + targetLine);
-          //System.out.println("start is " + end);
-          //System.out.println("end is " + end);
-          
-          if(start < end){
-              namespaceString = targetLine.substring(start + 1, end);
-              //System.out.println("namespaceString is " + namespaceString);
-          }
-          //System.out.println("namespace in xml is: "+ namespaceString);
-          if(namespaceString != null){
-              if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_0_0NameSpace) != -1) {
-                  namespace = eml2_0_0NameSpace;
-              } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_0_1NameSpace) != -1) {
-                  namespace = eml2_0_1NameSpace;
-              } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_1_0NameSpace) != -1) {
-                  namespace = eml2_1_0NameSpace;
-              } else if (namespaceString.indexOf(eml2_1_1NameSpace) != -1) {
-                  namespace = eml2_1_1NameSpace;
-              } else {
-                  namespace = namespaceString;
-              }
-          }
-      }
-      
-      //System.out.println("Validation for eml is " + namespace);
-      
-      return namespace;
-      
-  }
-  
-  /*
-   * Gets the string which contains schema declaration info
-   */
-  private static String getSchemaLine(Reader xml) throws IOException {
-      
-      // find the line
-      String secondLine = null;
-      int count = 0;
-      int endIndex = 0;
-      int startIndex = 0;
-      final int TARGETNUM = 1;
-      StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
-      boolean comment = false;
-      boolean processingInstruction = false;
-      char thirdPreviousCharacter = '?';
-      char secondPreviousCharacter = '?';
-      char previousCharacter = '?';
-      char currentCharacter = '?';
-      int tmp = xml.read();
-      while (tmp != -1) {
-          currentCharacter = (char)tmp;
-          //in a comment
-          if (currentCharacter == '-' && previousCharacter == '-'
-                  && secondPreviousCharacter == '!'
-                  && thirdPreviousCharacter == '<') {
-              comment = true;
-          }
-          //out of comment
-          if (comment && currentCharacter == '>' && previousCharacter == '-'
-                  && secondPreviousCharacter == '-') {
-              comment = false;
-          }
-          
-          //in a processingInstruction
-          if (currentCharacter == '?' && previousCharacter == '<') {
-              processingInstruction = true;
-          }
-          
-          //out of processingInstruction
-          if (processingInstruction && currentCharacter == '>'
-                  && previousCharacter == '?') {
-              processingInstruction = false;
-          }
-          
-          //this is not comment or a processingInstruction
-          if (currentCharacter != '!' && previousCharacter == '<'
-                  && !comment && !processingInstruction) {
-              count++;
-          }
-          
-          // get target line
-          if (count == TARGETNUM && currentCharacter != '>') {
-              buffer.append(currentCharacter);
-          }
-          if (count == TARGETNUM && currentCharacter == '>') {
-              break;
-          }
-          thirdPreviousCharacter = secondPreviousCharacter;
-          secondPreviousCharacter = previousCharacter;
-          previousCharacter = currentCharacter;
-          tmp = xml.read();
-      }
-      secondLine = buffer.toString();
-      //System.out.println("the second line string is: " + secondLine);
-      
-      //xml.reset();
-      return secondLine;
-  }
-  
-  /*
-   * Gets the prefix of this eml document. E.g eml for eml:eml
-   */
-  private static String getPrefix(String schemaLine) {
-    
-      String prefix = null;
-      
-      if(schemaLine.indexOf(" ") > 0){
-          String rootElement = "";
-          try {
-              rootElement = schemaLine.substring(0, schemaLine.indexOf(" "));
-          } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException sioobe) {
-              rootElement = schemaLine;
-          }
-          
-          //System.out.println("rootElement:" + rootElement);
-          
-          if(rootElement.indexOf(":") > 0){
-              prefix = rootElement.substring(0, rootElement.indexOf(":"));
-          }
-          
-          if(prefix != null){
-              return prefix.trim();
-          }
-      }
-      return null;
-  }
+    /*
+     * Gets the prefix of this eml document. E.g eml for eml:eml
+     */
+    private static String getPrefix(String schemaLine) {
+
+        String prefix = null;
+
+        if(schemaLine.indexOf(" ") > 0) {
+            String rootElement = "";
+            try {
+                rootElement = schemaLine.substring(0, schemaLine.indexOf(" "));
+            } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException sioobe) {
+                rootElement = schemaLine;
+            }
+
+            //System.out.println("rootElement:" + rootElement);
+
+            if(rootElement.indexOf(":") > 0) {
+                prefix = rootElement.substring(0, rootElement.indexOf(":"));
+            }
+
+            if(prefix != null) {
+                return prefix.trim();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }