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+goog.provide('ol.format.XSD');
+
+goog.require('goog.string');
+goog.require('ol.xml');
+
+
+/**
+ * @const
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+ol.format.XSD.NAMESPACE_URI = 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema';
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @return {number|undefined} DateTime.
+ */
+ol.format.XSD.readDateTime = function(node) {
+  var s = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(node, false);
+  var re =
+      /^\s*(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})T(\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})(Z|(?:([+\-])(\d{2})(?::(\d{2}))?))\s*$/;
+  var m = re.exec(s);
+  if (m) {
+    var year = parseInt(m[1], 10);
+    var month = parseInt(m[2], 10) - 1;
+    var day = parseInt(m[3], 10);
+    var hour = parseInt(m[4], 10);
+    var minute = parseInt(m[5], 10);
+    var second = parseInt(m[6], 10);
+    var dateTime = Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, 0) / 1000;
+    if (m[7] != 'Z') {
+      var sign = m[8] == '-' ? -1 : 1;
+      dateTime += sign * 60 * parseInt(m[9], 10);
+      if (goog.isDef(m[10])) {
+        dateTime += sign * 60 * 60 * parseInt(m[10], 10);
+      }
+    }
+    return dateTime;
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @return {number|undefined} Decimal.
+ */
+ol.format.XSD.readDecimal = function(node) {
+  // FIXME check spec
+  var s = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(node, false);
+  var m = /^\s*([+\-]?\d+(?:\.\d*)?)\s*$/.exec(s);
+  if (m) {
+    return parseFloat(m[1]);
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @return {number|undefined} Decimal.
+ */
+ol.format.XSD.readNonNegativeInteger = function(node) {
+  var s = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(node, false);
+  var m = /^\s*(\d+)\s*$/.exec(s);
+  if (m) {
+    return parseInt(m[1], 10);
+  } else {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Node} node Node.
+ * @return {string|undefined} String.
+ */
+ol.format.XSD.readString = function(node) {
+  var s = ol.xml.getAllTextContent(node, false);
+  return goog.string.trim(s);
+};