diff --git a/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRoot.xsd b/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRoot.xsd
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--- a/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRoot.xsd
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> 
-  <xs:annotation>
-    <xs:documentation>
-       This XSD document describes the muSR file structure for CERN/ROOT based files.
-       In the following it will be called MusrRoot.
-       It is currently the default standard for writting muSR data files at the 
-       Paul Scherrer Institute.
-          
-       Author: Andreas Suter, andreas.suter@psi.ch          
-    </xs:documentation>
-  </xs:annotation>
-    
-  <xs:element name="MusrRoot" type="musrRoot"/>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="musrRoot">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:choice>
-        <xs:element ref="histos"/>
-        <xs:element name="RunHeader" type="runHeaderFolder"/>
-      </xs:choice>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>  
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:element name="histos">
-    <xs:annotation>
-       <xs:documentation>
-         The histos folder is containing potentially various subfolders. 
-         At least two subfolders, called DecayAnaModule, and SlowControlAnaModule,
-         which holds the muSR decay histograms, must be present.
-      </xs:documentation>
-    </xs:annotation>
-      
-    <xs:complexType>
-      <xs:sequence>
-        <xs:element name="DecayAnaModule" type="decayHistoData"/>
-        <xs:element name="SCAnaModule" type="slowControlHistoData"/>
-        <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-      </xs:sequence>
-    </xs:complexType>
-  </xs:element>
-       
-  <xs:complexType name="decayHistoData">
-     <xs:sequence>
-       <xs:element name="DecayHistoEntry" type="decayHistoEntry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-     </xs:sequence> 
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:complexType name="decayHistoEntry">
-     <xs:sequence>
-       <xs:element name="HistoName" type="histoName"/>
-       <xs:element name="HistoType" type="histoType"/>  
-     </xs:sequence>      
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:simpleType name="histoName">
-      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-        <xs:pattern value="hDecay([0-9]){3,}"/> <!-- this means hDecayXXX, where XXX are 3 digits -->
-      </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-    
-  <xs:simpleType name="histoType">
-      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-        <xs:pattern value="TH1F"></xs:pattern>
-      </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="slowControlHistoData">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="SlowControlHistoEntry" type="slowControlHistoEntry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-
-  <xs:complexType name="slowControlHistoEntry">
-      <xs:sequence>
-        <xs:element name="SlowControlName" type="xs:string"/>
-        <xs:element name="SlowControlType" type="slowControlType"/>
-      </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-       
-  <xs:simpleType name="slowControlType">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TH1F"/>  
-    </xs:restriction>  
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-
-  <xs:complexType name="runHeaderFolder">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="RunInfo" type="runInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="DetectorInfo" type="detectorInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="SampleEnvironmentInfo" type="sampleEnvironmentInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="MagneticFieldEnvironmentInfo" type="magneticFieldEnvironmentInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="BeamlineInfo" type="beamlineInfo"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="runInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Version" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Generic_Validator_URL" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Specific_Validator_URL" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Generator" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Proposal_Number" type="Int_t" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
-      <xs:element name="Main_Proposer" type="TString" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-      <xs:element name="File_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Title" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Number" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Start_Time" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Stop_Time" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Duration" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Laboratory" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Instrument" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Beam_Momentum" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Species" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Source" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Setup" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Comment" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Temperature" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Magnetic_Field" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="No_of_Histos" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Time_Resolution" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="RedGreen_Offsets" type="TIntVector"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
- 
-  <xs:simpleType name="Int_t">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="Int_t"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
- 
-  <xs:simpleType name="Double_t">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="Double_t"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:simpleType name="TString">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TString"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType> 
-   
-  <xs:simpleType name="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:simpleType name="TIntVector">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TIntVector"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="sampleEnvironmentInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Cryo" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="magneticFieldEnvironmentInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Magnet_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-
-  <xs:complexType name="detectorInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Detector" type="detector" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="detector">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Histo_Number" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Histo_Length" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Time_Zero_Bin" type="Double_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="First_Good_Bin" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Last_Good_Bin" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->      
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="beamlineInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-    	<xs:element name="Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-</xs:schema>
diff --git a/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRootLEM.xsd b/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRootLEM.xsd
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index 96f3119a8..000000000
--- a/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRootLEM.xsd
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> 
-  <xs:annotation>
-    <xs:documentation>
-       This XSD document describes the muSR file structure of CERN/ROOT based files for LEM.
-       In the following it will be called MusrRootLEM.
-       It is an extension of MusrRoot.xsd and describes the additional LEM specific entries.
-          
-       Author: Andreas Suter, andreas.suter@psi.ch          
-    </xs:documentation>
-  </xs:annotation>
-    
-  <xs:element name="MusrRoot" type="musrRoot"/>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="musrRoot">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:choice>
-        <xs:element ref="histos"/>
-        <xs:element name="RunHeader" type="runHeaderFolder"/>
-      </xs:choice>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>  
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:element name="histos">
-    <xs:annotation>
-       <xs:documentation>
-         The histos folder is containing potentially various subfolders. 
-         At least two subfolders, called DecayAnaModule, and SlowControlAnaModule,
-         which holds the muSR decay histograms, must be present.
-      </xs:documentation>
-    </xs:annotation>
-      
-    <xs:complexType>
-      <xs:sequence>
-        <xs:element name="DecayAnaModule" type="decayHistoData"/>
-        <xs:element name="SCAnaModule" type="slowControlHistoData"/>
-        <xs:element name="TOFAnaModule" type="histoData"/>
-        <xs:element name="PileUpAnaModule" type="histoData"/>
-        <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-      </xs:sequence>
-    </xs:complexType>
-  </xs:element>
-       
-  <xs:complexType name="decayHistoData">
-     <xs:sequence>
-       <xs:element name="DecayHistoEntry" type="decayHistoEntry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-     </xs:sequence> 
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:complexType name="decayHistoEntry">
-     <xs:sequence>
-       <xs:element name="HistoName" type="histoName"/>
-       <xs:element name="HistoType" type="histoType"/>  
-     </xs:sequence>      
-  </xs:complexType>
-    
-  <xs:simpleType name="histoName">
-      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-        <xs:pattern value="hDecay([0-9]){3,}"/> <!-- this means hDecayXXX, where XXX are 3 digits or more -->
-      </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-    
-  <xs:simpleType name="histoType">
-      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-        <xs:pattern value="TH1F"></xs:pattern>
-      </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="slowControlHistoData">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="SlowControlHistoEntry" type="slowControlHistoEntry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-
-  <xs:complexType name="slowControlHistoEntry">
-      <xs:sequence>
-        <xs:element name="SlowControlName" type="xs:string"/>
-        <xs:element name="SlowControlType" type="slowControlType"/>
-      </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-       
-  <xs:simpleType name="slowControlType">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TH1F"/>  
-    </xs:restriction>  
-  </xs:simpleType>  
-
-  <xs:complexType name="runHeaderFolder">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="RunInfo" type="runInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="DetectorInfo" type="detectorInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="SampleEnvironmentInfo" type="sampleEnvironmentInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="MagneticFieldEnvironmentInfo" type="magneticFieldEnvironmentInfo"/>
-      <xs:element name="BeamlineInfo" type="beamlineInfo"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="runInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Version" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Generic_Validator_URL" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Specific_Validator_URL" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Generator" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Proposal_Number" type="Int_t" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
-      <xs:element name="Main_Proposer" type="TString" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-      <xs:element name="File_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Title" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Number" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Start_Time" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Stop_Time" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Run_Duration" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Laboratory" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Instrument" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Beam_Momentum" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Species" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Source" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Setup" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Comment" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Temperature" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_Magnetic_Field" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="No_of_Histos" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Time_Resolution" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="RedGreen_Offsets" type="TIntVector"/>
-      <xs:element name="Moderator" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Moderator_HV" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Sample_HV" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Implantation_Energy" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Muon_Spin_Angle" type="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-      <xs:element name="Cuts" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
- 
-  <xs:simpleType name="Int_t">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="Int_t"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
- 
-  <xs:simpleType name="Double_t">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="Double_t"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:simpleType name="TString">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TString"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType> 
-   
-  <xs:simpleType name="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TMusrRunPhysicalQuantity"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:simpleType name="TIntVector">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TIntVector"/>
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="sampleEnvironmentInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Cryo" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="magneticFieldEnvironmentInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Magnet_Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-
-  <xs:complexType name="detectorInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Detector" type="detector" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="detector">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Histo_Number" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Histo_Length" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Time_Zero_Bin" type="Double_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="First_Good_Bin" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:element name="Last_Good_Bin" type="Int_t"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->      
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="beamlineInfo">
-    <xs:sequence>
-    	<xs:element name="Name" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:element name="Beamline_Settings" type="TString"/>
-      <xs:any processContents="skip" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> <!-- here can go any additional stuff you like -->          
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="histoData">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Entry" type="histoEntry" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
-    </xs:sequence> 
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:complexType name="histoEntry">
-    <xs:sequence>
-      <xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string"/>
-      <xs:element name="Type" type="rootHistoType"/>
-    </xs:sequence>
-  </xs:complexType>
-  
-  <xs:simpleType name="rootHistoType">
-    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
-      <xs:pattern value="TH([1-2])F"/> <!-- this means TH1F or TH2F -->      
-    </xs:restriction>
-  </xs:simpleType>
-</xs:schema>
diff --git a/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRootValidationScheme.odp b/src/external/MusrRoot/MusrRootValidationScheme.odp
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diff --git a/src/external/MusrRoot/README.md b/src/external/MusrRoot/README.md
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index 000000000..2583735e0
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The necessary XSD Files for the XML-Schema evaluation
+can be found here:
+
+https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19593555
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