diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/xsd/DO_NOT_EDIT.txt b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/xsd/DO_NOT_EDIT.txt
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+We must edit maven-navigation.xsd in this directory but never maven-navigation-${currentRelease}.xsd in ${plugin.resources}/xsd.
+We store maven-navigation-${currentRelease}.xsd in the SCM to be able to re-publish them if necessary.
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diff --git a/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/xsd/maven-navigation-1.10.xsd b/xdoc/src/plugin-resources/xsd/maven-navigation-1.10.xsd
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+ -->
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <xs:element name="project">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element ref="title"/>
+        <xs:element ref="head" minOccurs="0"/>
+        <xs:element ref="body"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+      <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+  <xs:element name="title" type="xs:string"/>
+  <xs:element name="head"/>
+  <xs:element name="body">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element ref="breadcrumbs" minOccurs="0"/>
+        <xs:element ref="links" minOccurs="0"/>
+        <xs:element ref="menu" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+  <xs:element name="links">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element ref="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+  <xs:element name="breadcrumbs">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element ref="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+  <xs:element name="menu">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <xs:element ref="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+      <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="type" type="xs:string"/>
+      <!-- type is an optional entry that defines where the menu is destined for.
+      	   Values - left-header (default), left-footer -->
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+  <xs:element name="item">
+    <xs:complexType>
+      <xs:sequence>
+        <!-- items can have other items -->
+        <xs:element ref="item" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+      </xs:sequence>
+      <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="href" type="xs:string"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="collapse" type="xs:boolean"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="target" type="xs:string"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="img" type="xs:string"/>
+      <!-- img is an href that will be used as the image for link -->
+    </xs:complexType>
+  </xs:element>
+</xs:schema>