diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
diff --git a/schema.py b/schema.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding: utf-8
+
+import xmltodict
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from lxml import etree
+
+
+class Schema:
+
+    def __init__(self, xsd_input=None):
+        """
+        Parse the XSD and attribute
+        """
+        if xsd_input:
+            xmlschema_doc = etree.parse(StringIO(xsd_input))
+            self.xmlschema = etree.XMLSchema(xmlschema_doc)
+
+    def validate(self, xml_input):
+        """
+        Validate XML
+        """
+        parsed_xml = etree.parse(StringIO(xml_input))
+        if self.xmlschema.validate(parsed_xml):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def deserialized(self, xml_input, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Convert XML to dict object
+        """
+        if self.validate(xml_input):
+            return xmltodict.parse(xml_input, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def serialized(self, dict_input, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Convert dict to XML
+        """
+        return xmltodict.unparse(dict_input, **kwargs)
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
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+# coding: utf-8
+
+import unittest
+import test_asserts
+from schema import Schema
+
+
+class SchemaTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+
+        self.xsd_string = test_asserts.XSD
+        self.xml_string = test_asserts.XML
+        self.xml_string_invalid = test_asserts.XML_INVALID
+
+    def test_instance(self):
+        sch = Schema(self.xsd_string)
+        self.assertIsInstance(sch, Schema)
+
+    def test_validate(self):
+        sch = Schema(self.xsd_string)
+        validated = sch.validate(self.xml_string)
+        self.assertTrue(validated)
+
+    def test_deserialized(self):
+        sch = Schema(self.xsd_string)
+        des = sch.deserialized(self.xml_string)
+        self.assertIsInstance(des, dict)
+        self.assertIn('wizard', des)
+
+    def test_serialized(self):
+        sch = Schema()
+        ser = sch.serialized(test_asserts.DICT_OBJ)
+        self.assertEqual(ser,
+            '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n<a><c>2</c><b>1</b></a>')
+
+    def test_invalid_xml(self):
+        sch = Schema(self.xsd_string)
+        invalid = sch.validate(self.xml_string_invalid)
+        self.assertFalse(invalid)
+
+    def test_deserialized_invalid_xml(self):
+        sch = Schema(self.xsd_string)
+        des = sch.deserialized(self.xml_string_invalid)
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(des, dict)
diff --git a/test_asserts.py b/test_asserts.py
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+# coding: utf-8
+
+DICT_OBJ = dict({'a': {'b': '1', 'c': '2'}})
+
+XSD = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+          <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+            targetNamespace="http://www.example.org/wizard"
+            xmlns:tns="http://www.example.org/wizard"
+            elementFormDefault="qualified">
+            <complexType name="Wizard">
+              <sequence>
+                <element name="startpage" type="IDREF" />
+                <element name="name" type="string" />
+                <element name="welcometext" type="string" />
+                <element name="choicepage" type="tns:ChoicePage" />
+              </sequence>
+            </complexType>
+            <complexType name="ChoicePage">
+              <sequence>
+                <element name="title" type="string" />
+              </sequence>
+              <attribute name="id" type="ID" />
+            </complexType>
+            <element name="wizard" type="tns:Wizard" />
+          </schema>'''
+
+
+XML = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+          <wizard xmlns="http://www.example.org/wizard">
+            <startpage>start</startpage>
+              <name>My Example Setup</name>
+              <welcometext>Welcome to this little demo application.</welcometext>
+              <choicepage id="start">
+              <title>Wizard Page One</title>
+            </choicepage>
+          </wizard>'''
+
+XML_INVALID = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+                  <wizard>
+                    <startpage>start</startpage>
+                      <name>My Example Setup</name>
+                      <welcometext>Welcome to this little demo application.</welcometext>
+                      <choicepage id="start">
+                      <title>Wizard Page One</title>
+                    </choicepage>
+                  </wizard>'''