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CSW-discovery.xsd

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsd:schema
   id="csw-discovery"
   targetNamespace="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
   xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
   xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
   xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
   xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
   elementFormDefault="qualified"
   version="2.0.2 2010-01-22">

   <xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:appinfo>
         <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://schemas.opengis.net/csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd</dc:identifier>
      </xsd:appinfo>
      <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
    This schema defines the request and response messages for the CSW-Discovery operations specified in clause 10 of OGC-07-066.

    CSW is an OGC Standard.
    Copyright (c) 2004,2010 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    To obtain additional rights of use, visit http://www.opengeospatial.org/legal/ .
      </xsd:documentation>
   </xsd:annotation>

   <xsd:include schemaLocation="record.xsd"/>

   <xsd:import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/ows" schemaLocation="../../ows/1.0.0/owsAll.xsd"/>

   <xsd:import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" schemaLocation="../../filter/1.1.0/filter.xsd"/>

   <xsd:complexType name="RequestBaseType" id="RequestBaseType" abstract="true">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>
            Base type for all request messages except GetCapabilities. The 
            attributes identify the relevant service type and version.
         </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:attribute name="service" type="ows:ServiceType"
                     use="required" fixed="CSW"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="version" type="ows:VersionType"
                     use="required" fixed="2.0.2"/>
   </xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:element name="GetCapabilities" id="GetCapabilities"
                type="csw:GetCapabilitiesType"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetCapabilitiesType" id="GetCapabilitiesType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>
            Request for a description of service capabilities. See OGC 05-008 
            for more information.
         </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="ows:GetCapabilitiesType">
            <xsd:attribute name="service" type="ows:ServiceType" use="optional"
               default="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="Capabilities" id="Capabilities"
      type="csw:CapabilitiesType"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="CapabilitiesType" id="CapabilitiesType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>This type extends ows:CapabilitiesBaseType defined in OGC-05-008 
         to include information about supported OGC filter components. A 
         profile may extend this type to describe additional capabilities.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="ows:CapabilitiesBaseType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:element ref="ogc:Filter_Capabilities"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="DescribeRecord" type="csw:DescribeRecordType"
      id="DescribeRecord"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="DescribeRecordType" id="DescribeRecordType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">This request allows a user to discover elements of the
         information model supported by the catalogue. If no TypeName 
         elements are included, then all of the schemas for the 
         information model must be returned.
      
         schemaLanguage - preferred schema language
                          (W3C XML Schema by default)
         outputFormat - preferred output format (application/xml by default)</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:RequestBaseType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:element name="TypeName" type="xsd:QName" minOccurs="0"
                  maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:attribute name="outputFormat" type="xsd:string" use="optional"
               default="application/xml"/>
            <xsd:attribute name="schemaLanguage" type="xsd:anyURI"
               use="optional" default="http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="DescribeRecordResponse" id="DescribeRecordResponse"
      type="csw:DescribeRecordResponseType"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="DescribeRecordResponseType"
      id="DescribeRecordResponseType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">The response contains a list of matching schema components
         in the requested schema language.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="SchemaComponent" type="csw:SchemaComponentType"
            minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="SchemaComponentType" mixed="true"
      id="SchemaComponentType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">A schema component includes a schema fragment (type
         definition) or an entire schema from some target namespace;
         the schema language is identified by URI. If the component
         is a schema fragment its parent MUST be referenced (parentSchema).</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:any namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="targetNamespace" type="xsd:anyURI" use="required"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="parentSchema" type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="schemaLanguage" type="xsd:anyURI" use="required"/>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="GetRecords" type="csw:GetRecordsType" id="GetRecords"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetRecordsType" id="GetRecordsType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
         The principal means of searching the catalogue. The matching 
         catalogue entries may be included with the response. The client 
         may assign a requestId (absolute URI). A distributed search is 
         performed if the DistributedSearch element is present and the 
         catalogue is a member of a federation. Profiles may allow 
         alternative query expressions.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:RequestBaseType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:element name="DistributedSearch"
                  type="csw:DistributedSearchType" minOccurs="0"/>
               <xsd:element name="ResponseHandler" type="xsd:anyURI"
                  minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               <xsd:choice>
                  <xsd:element ref="csw:AbstractQuery"/>
                  <xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other"/>
               </xsd:choice>
            </xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:attribute name="requestId" type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
            <xsd:attribute name="resultType" type="csw:ResultType"
               use="optional" default="hits"/>
            <xsd:attributeGroup ref="csw:BasicRetrievalOptions"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:attributeGroup name="BasicRetrievalOptions" id="BasicRetrievalOptions">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Various attributes that specify basic retrieval options:

            outputFormat   - the media type of the response message
            outputSchema   - the preferred schema for records in the result set
            startPosition  - requests a slice of the result set, starting
                             at this position
            maxRecords     - the maximum number of records to return. No
                             records are  returned if maxRecords=0.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:attribute name="outputFormat" type="xsd:string" use="optional"
         default="application/xml"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="outputSchema" type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="startPosition" type="xsd:positiveInteger"
         use="optional" default="1"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="maxRecords" type="xsd:nonNegativeInteger"
         use="optional" default="10"/>
   </xsd:attributeGroup>
   <xsd:simpleType name="ResultType" id="ResultType">
      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
         <xsd:enumeration value="results">
            <xsd:annotation>
               <xsd:documentation>Include results in the response.</xsd:documentation>
            </xsd:annotation>
         </xsd:enumeration>
         <xsd:enumeration value="hits">
            <xsd:annotation>
               <xsd:documentation>Provide a result set summary, but no results.</xsd:documentation>
            </xsd:annotation>
         </xsd:enumeration>
         <xsd:enumeration value="validate">
            <xsd:annotation>
               <xsd:documentation>Validate the request and return an Acknowledgement message if it 
	      is valid. Continue processing the request asynchronously.</xsd:documentation>
            </xsd:annotation>
         </xsd:enumeration>
      </xsd:restriction>
   </xsd:simpleType>
   <xsd:complexType name="DistributedSearchType" id="DistributedSearchType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Governs the behaviour of a distributed search.
         hopCount     - the maximum number of message hops before
                        the search is terminated. Each catalogue node 
                        decrements this value when the request is received, 
                        and must not forward the request if hopCount=0.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:attribute name="hopCount" type="xsd:positiveInteger" use="optional"
         default="2"/>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="AbstractQuery" type="csw:AbstractQueryType"
      id="AbstractQuery" abstract="true"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="AbstractQueryType" id="AbstractQueryType"
      abstract="true"/>
   <xsd:element name="Query" type="csw:QueryType" id="Query"
      substitutionGroup="csw:AbstractQuery"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="QueryType" id="QueryType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Specifies a query to execute against instances of one or
         more object types. A set of ElementName elements may be included 
         to specify an adhoc view of the csw:Record instances in the result 
         set. Otherwise, use ElementSetName to specify a predefined view. 
         The Constraint element contains a query filter expressed in a 
         supported query language. A sorting criterion that specifies a 
         property to sort by may be included.

         typeNames - a list of object types to query.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:AbstractQueryType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:choice>
                  <xsd:element ref="csw:ElementSetName"/>
                  <xsd:element name="ElementName"
                               type="xsd:QName"
                               minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </xsd:choice>
               <xsd:element ref="csw:Constraint" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
               <xsd:element ref="ogc:SortBy" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:attribute name="typeNames" type="csw:TypeNameListType"
               use="required"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:simpleType name="TypeNameListType" id="TypeNameListType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">The exact syntax is defined in an application profile. If querying 
       against the common record properties, only a single type may be 
       specified (Record).</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:list itemType="xsd:QName"/>
   </xsd:simpleType>
   <xsd:element name="Constraint" type="csw:QueryConstraintType" id="Constraint"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="QueryConstraintType" id="QueryConstraintType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">A search constraint that adheres to one of the following syntaxes:
         Filter   - OGC filter expression
         CqlText  - OGC CQL predicate</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:choice>
         <xsd:element ref="ogc:Filter"/>
         <xsd:element name="CqlText" type="xsd:string"/>
      </xsd:choice>
      <xsd:attribute name="version" type="xsd:string" use="required">
         <xsd:annotation>
            <xsd:documentation>Query language version</xsd:documentation>
         </xsd:annotation>
      </xsd:attribute>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="ElementSetName" type="csw:ElementSetNameType"
      id="ElementSetName" default="summary"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="ElementSetNameType" id="ElementSetNameType">
      <xsd:simpleContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:ElementSetType">
            <xsd:attribute name="typeNames" type="csw:TypeNameListType"
               use="optional"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:simpleContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:simpleType name="ElementSetType" id="ElementSetType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>Named subsets of catalogue object properties; these
         views are mapped to a specific information model and
         are defined in an application profile.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
         <xsd:enumeration value="brief"/>
         <xsd:enumeration value="summary"/>
         <xsd:enumeration value="full"/>
      </xsd:restriction>
   </xsd:simpleType>
   <xsd:element name="GetRecordsResponse" type="csw:GetRecordsResponseType"
      id="GetRecordsResponse"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetRecordsResponseType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
            The response message for a GetRecords request. Some or all of the 
            matching records may be included as children of the SearchResults 
            element. The RequestId is only included if the client specified it.
         </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="RequestId" type="xsd:anyURI" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xsd:element name="SearchStatus" type="csw:RequestStatusType"/>
         <xsd:element name="SearchResults" type="csw:SearchResultsType"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="version" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
   </xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:complexType name="RequestStatusType" id="RequestStatusType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>
            This element provides information about the status of the
            search request.

            status    - status of the search
            timestamp - the date and time when the result set was modified 
                        (ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[+|-]hh:mm).
         </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:attribute name="timestamp" type="xsd:dateTime" use="optional"/>
   </xsd:complexType>

   <xsd:complexType name="SearchResultsType" id="SearchResultsType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation>Includes representations of result set members if maxRecords &gt; 0.
         The items must conform to one of the csw:Record views or a 
         profile-specific representation. 
         
         resultSetId  - id of the result set (a URI).
         elementSet  - The element set that has been returned
                       (i.e., "brief", "summary", "full")
         recordSchema  - schema reference for included records(URI)
         numberOfRecordsMatched  - number of records matched by the query
         numberOfRecordsReturned - number of records returned to client
         nextRecord - position of next record in the result set
                      (0 if no records remain).
         expires - the time instant when the result set expires and 
                   is discarded (ISO 8601 format)</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:choice>
            <xsd:element ref="csw:AbstractRecord"
                         minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            <xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other"
                     minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
         </xsd:choice>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="resultSetId"
                     type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="elementSet"
                     type="csw:ElementSetType" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="recordSchema"
                     type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="numberOfRecordsMatched"
                     type="xsd:nonNegativeInteger" use="required"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="numberOfRecordsReturned"
                     type="xsd:nonNegativeInteger" use="required"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="nextRecord"
                     type="xsd:nonNegativeInteger" use="optional"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="expires" type="xsd:dateTime" use="optional"/>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="GetRecordById" type="csw:GetRecordByIdType"
      id="GetRecordById"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetRecordByIdType" id="GetRecordByIdType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">
            Convenience operation to retrieve default record representations 
            by identifier.
            Id - object identifier (a URI) that provides a reference to a 
                 catalogue item (or a result set if the catalogue supports 
                 persistent result sets).
            ElementSetName - one of "brief, "summary", or "full"
         </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:RequestBaseType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:element name="Id" type="xsd:anyURI" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               <xsd:element ref="csw:ElementSetName" minOccurs="0"/>
            </xsd:sequence>
            <xsd:attribute name="outputFormat" type="xsd:string"
                           use="optional" default="application/xml"/>
            <xsd:attribute name="outputSchema" type="xsd:anyURI"
                           use="optional"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="GetRecordByIdResponse"
      type="csw:GetRecordByIdResponseType" id="GetRecordByIdResponse"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetRecordByIdResponseType"
      id="GetRecordByIdResponseType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Returns a representation of the matching entry. If there is no 
         matching record, the response message must be empty.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:choice>
            <xsd:element ref="csw:AbstractRecord"
                         minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
            <xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other"
                     minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
         </xsd:choice>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="GetDomain" type="csw:GetDomainType" id="GetDomain"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetDomainType" id="GetDomainType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Requests the actual values of some specified request parameter 
        or other data element.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="csw:RequestBaseType">
            <xsd:sequence>
               <xsd:choice>
                  <xsd:element name="PropertyName" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
                  <xsd:element name="ParameterName" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
               </xsd:choice>
            </xsd:sequence>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="GetDomainResponse" type="csw:GetDomainResponseType"
      id="GetDomainResponse"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="GetDomainResponseType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Returns the actual values for some property. In general this is a
         subset of the value domain (that is, set of permissible values),
         although in some cases these may be the same.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="DomainValues" type="csw:DomainValuesType"
            maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="DomainValuesType" id="DomainValuesType">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:choice>
            <xsd:element name="PropertyName" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
            <xsd:element name="ParameterName" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
         </xsd:choice>
         <xsd:choice minOccurs="0">
            <xsd:element name="ListOfValues" type="csw:ListOfValuesType"/>
            <xsd:element name="ConceptualScheme" type="csw:ConceptualSchemeType"/>
            <xsd:element name="RangeOfValues" type="csw:RangeOfValuesType"/>
         </xsd:choice>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:QName" use="required"/>
      <xsd:attribute name="uom" type="xsd:anyURI" use="optional"/>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="ListOfValuesType" id="ListOfValuesType">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="Value" type="xsd:anyType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="ConceptualSchemeType" id="ConceptualSchemeType">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="Name" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:element name="Document" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
         <xsd:element name="Authority" type="xsd:anyURI"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="RangeOfValuesType" id="RangeOfValuesType">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="MinValue" type="xsd:anyType"/>
         <xsd:element name="MaxValue" type="xsd:anyType"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:element name="Acknowledgement" type="csw:AcknowledgementType"
      id="Acknowledgement"/>
   <xsd:complexType name="AcknowledgementType" id="AcknowledgementType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">This is a general acknowledgement response message for all requests 
         that may be processed in an asynchronous manner.
         EchoedRequest - Echoes the submitted request message
         RequestId     - identifier for polling purposes (if no response 
                         handler is available, or the URL scheme is
                         unsupported)</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="EchoedRequest" type="csw:EchoedRequestType"/>
         <xsd:element name="RequestId" type="xsd:anyURI" minOccurs="0"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="timeStamp" type="xsd:dateTime" use="required"/>
   </xsd:complexType>
   <xsd:complexType name="EchoedRequestType" id="EchoedRequestType">
      <xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:documentation xml:lang="en">Includes a copy of the request message body.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:any namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>

error.txt

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "example.py", line 7, in <module>
    etree.fromstring(postdoc, parser)
  File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 3032, in lxml.etree.fromstring (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:68121)
  File "parser.pxi", line 1786, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:102470)
  File "parser.pxi", line 1674, in lxml.etree._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:101299)
  File "parser.pxi", line 1074, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:96481)
  File "parser.pxi", line 582, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:91290)
  File "parser.pxi", line 683, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:92476)
  File "parser.pxi", line 622, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:91772)
lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: Element '{http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2}GetRecords', attribute 'resultType': [facet 'enumeration'] The value '' is not an element of the set {'results', 'hits', 'validate'}.

postdoc.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<csw:GetRecords xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" outputFormat="application/xml" version="2.0.2" service="CSW" resultType="results" maxRecords="20" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 http://schemas.opengis.net/csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
<csw:Query typeNames="csw:Record">
  <csw:ElementSetName>summary</csw:ElementSetName>
</csw:Query>
</csw:GetRecords>

test.py

from lxml import etree
schema_path = 'CSW-discovery.xsd'
schema = etree.XMLSchema(file=schema_path)
with open('postdoc.xml', 'r') as f:
    postdoc = f.read()
parser = etree.XMLParser(schema=schema, resolve_entities=False)
etree.fromstring(postdoc, parser)