diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/FacilitiesSchema.xsd b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/FacilitiesSchema.xsd
index e9e7f75d744841a07f839cf60afe0c938776a13e..5c1ee47e2ad5ff42e0440374d757e376326e1aa2 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/FacilitiesSchema.xsd
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/FacilitiesSchema.xsd
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xs:schema xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<xs:schema xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" 
+           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1.0">
   <xs:element name="facilities">
     <xs:complexType>
       <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
@@ -100,4 +101,4 @@
       </xs:choice>
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>
-</xs:schema>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/GroupingSchema.xsd b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/GroupingSchema.xsd
index 37841645c6d05a5ba405c0d613b675d27855081b..d8fce3133c91c3a09ae044c7eebfe17a840c9499 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/GroupingSchema.xsd
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/GroupingSchema.xsd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1.0">
   <xs:element name ="detector-grouping">
     <xs:complexType>
       <xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/IDFSchema.xsd b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/IDFSchema.xsd
index 3b995bd9e8945beb1c24e8ee318d7d3f93f81964..9b0a179944e671780cdde48c259d6b8644e8dc51 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/IDFSchema.xsd
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/IDFSchema.xsd
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" 
              elementFormDefault="qualified" 
              xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+             version="1.0"
              >
   <!--Define customDate Type-->
     <xs:simpleType name="customDate">
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/ParameterFileSchema.xsd b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/ParameterFileSchema.xsd
index 338831861073755232525e128c09a32577b38bc9..c898905e605a3f3e1cee4c7461072b54684de43d 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/ParameterFileSchema.xsd
+++ b/Code/Mantid/instrument/Schema/ParameterFileSchema.xsd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="1.0">
 
 
   <!-- Define Cartesian Coordinates Attribute Group-->