diff --git a/package/structure_assignment/constants.py b/package/structure_assignment/constants.py
index cae1d4b..e1c54f0 100644
--- a/package/structure_assignment/constants.py
+++ b/package/structure_assignment/constants.py
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
-# scripts
-MWE_EXTRACTION_SCRIPT_NAME = 'wani.py'
-STRUCTURE_ASSIGNMENT_SCRIPT_NAME = 'assign_structures.py'
-STRUCTURE_CREATION_SCRIPT_NAME = 'create_structures.py'
-DICTIONARY_MERGE_SCRIPT_NAME = 'merge_dictionaries.py'
-
-# resources
-TRANSLATION_FILE_NAME = '../resources/dict.xml'
-STRUCTURE_SCHEMA_FILE_NAME = '../resources/structures.xsd'
-DICTIONARY_SCHEMA_FILE_NAME = '../resources/monolingual_dictionaries.xsd'
-
-# temporary outputs
 FILE_MAP = {'strings-list': 'strings.txt',
             'obeliks-tokenised': 'obeliks_raw.conllu',
             'obeliks-tweaked': 'obeliks_tweaked.conllu',
             'classla-parsed': 'classla_raw.conllu',
             'classla-translated': 'classla_translated.conllu',
+            'dict': 'dict.xml',
+            'structure-schema': 'structures.xsd',
             'tei-initial': 'tei_initial.xml',
             'tei-single': 'tei_single.xml',
             'tei-single-ids': 'tei_single_with_ids.xml',
@@ -27,7 +17,8 @@ FILE_MAP = {'strings-list': 'strings.txt',
             'structures-new': 'structures_new.xml',
             'dictionary-single': 'dictionary_single.xml',
             'dictionary-multiple': 'dictionary_multiple.xml',
-            'dictionary': 'dictionary.xml'
+            'dictionary': 'dictionary.xml',
+            'dictionary-schema': 'monolingual_dictionaries.xsd'
 }
 
 NLP_CONFIG_MAP = {
diff --git a/package/structure_assignment/pipeline.py b/package/structure_assignment/pipeline.py
index 6a5bbff..11a1cfc 100644
--- a/package/structure_assignment/pipeline.py
+++ b/package/structure_assignment/pipeline.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from types import SimpleNamespace
+import lxml.etree as lxml
 
 import obeliks
 
@@ -152,8 +153,24 @@ class Pipeline:
         output_file_name = self.file_map['dictionary']
         merge_dictionaries(single_file_name, multiple_file_name, output_file_name)
 
+    def _do_validate(self, schema_file_name, xml_file_name):
+        xml_schema = lxml.XMLSchema(lxml.parse(schema_file_name))
+        xml_tree = lxml.parse(xml_file_name)
+        xml_schema.assertValid(xml_tree)
+
+    def do_validate_structures(self):
+        schema_file_name = self.file_map['structure-schema']
+        xml_file_name = self.file_map['structures-new']
+        self._do_validate(schema_file_name, xml_file_name)
+
+    def do_validate_dictionary(self):
+        schema_file_name = self.file_map['dictionary-schema']
+        xml_file_name = self.file_map['dictionary']
+        self._do_validate(schema_file_name, xml_file_name)
+
     def export_file(self, file_name, file_key):
         shutil.copyfile(self.file_map[file_key], file_name)
 
     def cleanup(self):
+        print(self.tmp_directory)
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmp_directory, True)