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 It is a library of XSLT scripts suitable for embedding in applications or servers, or running from command shells. 
 There is a version for XSLT1 and one for XSLT2. There is an XSLT API to allow easy integration, but most popular is to use the
-generated output XML documents which use the flat SVRL (Schematron Valiation Reporting Language) defined as part of ISO Schematron.
+generated output XML documents which use the flat SVRL (Schematron Validation Reporting Language) defined as part of ISO Schematron.
 
 This Open Source software was first released in 2000, and has had various homes since them: xml.ascc.net (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), 
 Schematron.com (Rick Jelliffe's information site, courtesy Allette Systems), GoogleCode and now GitHub. There are several other