diff --git a/examples/valency_lexicon/valency1.xml b/examples/valency_lexicon/valency1.xml
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+++ b/examples/valency_lexicon/valency1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<lexicon/>
+
diff --git a/resources/schema/valency_lexicon.xsd b/resources/schema/valency_lexicon.xsd
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+++ b/resources/schema/valency_lexicon.xsd
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+
+  <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
+              schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd" />
+  <xsd:include schemaLocation="inventory.xsd"/>
+
+  <xsd:element name="lexicon"/>
+
+</xsd:schema>