diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
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+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ Other changes:
 
 * Pathconvert no longer requires that one of (targetos|pathsep|dirsep)
   be set; platform defaults are used when this is the case.
+  
+* New task <schemavalidate> extends <xmlvalidate> with extra support
+  for XML Schema (XSD) files. 
 
 Fixed bugs:
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