diff --git a/validation/validate.js b/validation/validate.js
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+// use with node.js
+// install JSV:
+// npm install JSV
+var JSV = require("JSV").JSV;
+var sys = require('sys');
+var fs  = require('fs');
+
+var target_file = process.argv[2]; 
+
+if (!target_file){
+ console.log("usage: node validate.js dataset.json")
+}else{
+
+fs.readFile('../OGPD_JSON_Schema.json',function(err,schema) {
+  if(err) throw err;
+  fs.readFile(target_file, function(err,data) {
+    if(err) throw err;
+    // Parse as JSON
+    var posts = JSON.parse(data);
+    var schemajs= JSON.parse(schema);
+    // Validate
+    var env = JSV.createEnvironment();
+    var report = env.validate(posts, schemajs);
+    // Echo to command line
+    console.log(target_file + ": " + report.errors.length + " error(s)");
+    if (report.errors.length > 0) {
+      console.log(report.errors);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+}
+
+