diff --git a/addons/account/views/account_payment_view.xml b/addons/account/views/account_payment_view.xml
index 3ad1c3ce6db..18bed5ed15c 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/account_payment_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/account_payment_view.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
             <field name="name">account.payment.form</field>
             <field name="model">account.payment</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Register Payment" version="7">
+                <form string="Register Payment">
                     <header>
                         <button name="post" class="oe_highlight" states="draft" string="Confirm" type="object"/>
                         <button name="action_draft" class="oe_highlight" states="cancelled" string="Set To Draft" type="object"/>
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
             <field name="name">account.payment.invoice.form</field>
             <field name="model">account.payment</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Register Payment" version="7">
+                <form string="Register Payment">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="payment_type" invisible="1"/>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
             <field name="name">account.register.payments.wizard</field>
             <field name="model">account.register.payments</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Register Payment" version="7">
+                <form string="Register Payment">
                     <field name="payment_type" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="partner_type" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="partner_id" invisible="1"/>
diff --git a/addons/mrp_repair/wizard/mrp_repair_cancel.py b/addons/mrp_repair/wizard/mrp_repair_cancel.py
index edb91596d9c..f9a0ef17a16 100644
--- a/addons/mrp_repair/wizard/mrp_repair_cancel.py
+++ b/addons/mrp_repair/wizard/mrp_repair_cancel.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class RepairCancel(models.TransientModel):
         repair = self.env['mrp.repair'].browse(repair_id)
         if not repair.invoiced:
             res['arch'] = """
-                <form string="Cancel Repair" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Cancel Repair">
                     <header>
                         <button name="cancel_repair" string="_Yes" type="object" class="btn-primary"/>
                         <button string="Cancel" class="btn-default" special="cancel"/>
diff --git a/addons/pos_restaurant/views/pos_restaurant_views.xml b/addons/pos_restaurant/views/pos_restaurant_views.xml
index fa68041285e..61f13b90081 100644
--- a/addons/pos_restaurant/views/pos_restaurant_views.xml
+++ b/addons/pos_restaurant/views/pos_restaurant_views.xml
@@ -105,12 +105,14 @@
             <field name="name">Order Printer</field>
             <field name="model">restaurant.printer</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="POS Printer" version="7.0">
-                    <group col="2">
-                        <field name="name" />
-                        <field name="proxy_ip" />
-                        <field name="product_categories_ids" />
-                    </group>
+                <form string="POS Printer">
+                    <sheet>
+                        <group>
+                            <field name="name" />
+                            <field name="proxy_ip" />
+                            <field name="product_categories_ids" />
+                        </group>
+                    </sheet>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index aa347f9d2ee..7279f5b6c5f 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ class View(models.Model):
     _name = 'ir.ui.view'
     _order = "priority,name,id"
 
-    # Holds the RNG schema
-    _relaxng_validator = None
-
     name = fields.Char(string='View Name', required=True)
     model = fields.Char(index=True)
     key = fields.Char()
@@ -283,16 +280,6 @@ actual arch.
         for view in self:
             view.xml_id = xml_ids.get(view.id, [''])[0]
 
-    def _relaxng(self):
-        if not self._relaxng_validator:
-            with tools.file_open(os.path.join('base', 'rng', 'view.rng')) as frng:
-                try:
-                    relaxng_doc = etree.parse(frng)
-                    self._relaxng_validator = etree.RelaxNG(relaxng_doc)
-                except Exception:
-                    _logger.exception('Failed to load RelaxNG XML schema for views validation')
-        return self._relaxng_validator
-
     def _valid_inheritance(self, arch):
         """ Check whether view inheritance is based on translated attribute. """
         for node in arch.xpath('//*[@position]'):
@@ -333,13 +320,7 @@ actual arch.
                 if view_docs[0].tag == 'data':
                     # A <data> element is a wrapper for multiple root nodes
                     view_docs = view_docs[0]
-                validator = self._relaxng()
                 for view_arch in view_docs:
-                    version = view_arch.get('version', '7.0')
-                    if parse_version(version) < parse_version('7.0') and validator and not validator.validate(view_arch):
-                        for error in validator.error_log:
-                            _logger.error(tools.ustr(error))
-                        raise ValidationError(_('Invalid view definition'))
                     if not valid_view(view_arch):
                         raise ValidationError(_('Invalid view definition'))
         return True
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_upgrade.py b/odoo/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_upgrade.py
index a590111e644..bd0875d1cba 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_upgrade.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/module/wizard/base_module_upgrade.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class BaseModuleUpgrade(models.TransientModel):
             return res
 
         if not self.get_module_list():
-            res['arch'] = '''<form string="Upgrade Completed" version="7.0">
+            res['arch'] = '''<form string="Upgrade Completed">
                                 <separator string="Upgrade Completed" colspan="4"/>
                                 <footer>
                                     <button name="config" string="Start Configuration" type="object" class="btn-primary"/>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/calendar_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/calendar_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..949c3f48318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/calendar_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="calendar">
+        <rng:element name="calendar">
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="date_start" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="date_stop" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="date_delay" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="all_day" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly_form_view_id" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="form_view_id" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="event_limit" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="quick_add" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="color" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="event_open_popup" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+                <rng:attribute name="mode">
+                    <rng:choice>
+                        <rng:value>month</rng:value>
+                        <rng:value>week</rng:value>
+                        <rng:value>day</rng:value>
+                    </rng:choice>
+                </rng:attribute>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+            <rng:optional>
+                <rng:element name="template">
+                    <rng:oneOrMore>
+                        <rng:ref name="any"/>
+                    </rng:oneOrMore>
+                </rng:element>
+            </rng:optional>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="calendar" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f213ba9bf0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/common.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+
+    <rng:define name="overload">
+        <rng:optional>
+            <!--
+                Alter matched element with content
+            -->
+            <rng:choice>
+                <rng:attribute name="position">
+                    <rng:choice>
+                        <!-- Insert content before first child -->
+                        <rng:value>before</rng:value>
+                        <!-- Insert content after last child -->
+                        <rng:value>after</rng:value>
+                        <!-- Replace all children with content -->
+                        <rng:value>inside</rng:value>
+                        <!-- Replace matched element itself with content -->
+                        <rng:value>replace</rng:value>
+                    </rng:choice>
+                </rng:attribute>
+                <rng:group>
+                    <rng:attribute name="position">
+                        <!-- Edit element attributes -->
+                        <rng:value>attributes</rng:value>
+                    </rng:attribute>
+                    <rng:oneOrMore>
+                        <rng:element name="attribute">
+                            <rng:attribute name="name"><rng:text/></rng:attribute>
+                            <rng:text />
+                        </rng:element>
+                    </rng:oneOrMore>
+                </rng:group>
+            </rng:choice>
+        </rng:optional>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="modifiable">
+        <rng:optional>
+            <!-- @modifiers contains a JSON map unifying the various
+                 modifier attributes: @readonly, @required, @invisible.
+                 Each attribute is a key, mapped to a JSON list representing
+                 a condition expressed as an OpenERP `domain` filter
+                 Only some of the modifier keys make sense on some
+                 elements, for example <filter> and <group> only support
+                 `invisible`. -->
+            <rng:attribute name="modifiers"/>
+        </rng:optional>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="access_rights">
+        <rng:optional>
+            <rng:attribute name="groups"/>
+        </rng:optional>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="container">
+        <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="col"/></rng:optional>
+        <rng:zeroOrMore>
+            <rng:choice>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                <rng:ref name="label" />
+                <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                <rng:ref name="image"/>
+                <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+            </rng:choice>
+        </rng:zeroOrMore>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="image">
+        <rng:element name="image">
+            <rng:attribute name="name"/>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="html">
+        <rng:element name="html">
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                    <rng:text/>
+                    <rng:ref name="any"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="label">
+        <rng:element name="label">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="nolabel"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="angle"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="fill"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="help"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="width"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="wrap"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+                <!-- @for: allows to explicitely link a label to a field -->
+                <rng:attribute name="for"/>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:text/>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="label" />
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="image"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="any">
+        <rng:element>
+            <rng:anyName/>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:attribute>
+                        <rng:anyName/>
+                    </rng:attribute>
+                    <rng:text/>
+                    <rng:ref name="any"/>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="separator">
+        <rng:element name="separator">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="rowspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="col"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="select"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="orientation"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="label" />
+                    <rng:ref name="group" />
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="xpath">
+        <rng:element name="xpath">
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="expr"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="any"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="data">
+        <rng:element name="data">
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="label"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="xpath"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="field">
+        <rng:element name="field">
+            <rng:attribute name="name" />
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="domain_filter"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="attrs"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="class"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="completion"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="width"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="ref"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="eval"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="search"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="model"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="use"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="on_change"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="domain"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="filter_domain"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="password"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="comparator"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="sum"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="bold"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="avg"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="select"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="group"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="operator"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="nolabel"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="required"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="view_mode"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="widget"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="states"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="digits"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="icon"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="mode"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="img_width"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="img_height"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="size"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="filename"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="height"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="rowspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="selection"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_focus"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="filters"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="statusbar_visible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="can_create" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="can_write" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="interval" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="avatar_field" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="write_model" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="write_field" /></rng:optional>
+            <!-- Widget *static* options defined as an arbitrary JSON dict, with
+                 widget-dependent parameters. To be ignored if widget/client does
+                 not support them. -->
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="options"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="placeholder"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="data"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="label"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="xpath"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="group">
+        <rng:element name="group">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="attrs"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="rowspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="expand"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="states"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="fill"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="height"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="width"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="color" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+            <rng:ref name="container"/>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="button">
+        <rng:element name="button">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="attrs"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="icon" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="states" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="special" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="target"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="confirm"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="help"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="class"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_focus"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="field" />
+                    <rng:ref name="xpath" />
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="filter">
+        <rng:element name="filter">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
+            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="attrs"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="icon"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="separator" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="help"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="domain"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="field" />
+                    <rng:ref name="xpath" />
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/diagram_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/diagram_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a1b2898727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/diagram_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="diagram">
+        <rng:element name="diagram">
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="create" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:ref name="node"/>
+            <rng:ref name="arrow"/>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="label"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="node">
+        <rng:element name="node">
+            <rng:attribute name="object"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="shape"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="bgcolor"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="form_view_ref"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+
+    <rng:define name="arrow">
+        <rng:element name="arrow">
+            <rng:attribute name="object" />
+            <rng:attribute name="source" />
+            <rng:attribute name="destination" />
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="form_view_ref"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="label"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="diagram" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/gantt_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/gantt_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57eece69d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/gantt_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="gantt">
+        <rng:element name="gantt">
+            <rng:attribute name="date_start"/>
+            <rng:choice>
+                <rng:attribute name="date_stop"/>
+                <rng:attribute name="date_delay"/>
+            </rng:choice>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="progress"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_group_by"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="create"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="delete"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="edit"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="fold_last_level"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="round_dnd_dates"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="consolidation"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="consolidation_max"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="consolidation_exclude"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:empty/>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="gantt" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/graph_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/graph_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..577917e5da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/graph_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="graph">
+        <rng:element name="graph">
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+                <rng:attribute name="type">
+                    <rng:choice>
+                        <rng:value>bar</rng:value>
+                        <rng:value>pie</rng:value>
+                        <rng:value>line</rng:value>
+                        <rng:value>pivot</rng:value>
+                    </rng:choice>
+                </rng:attribute>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="stacked"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="orientation"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="interval"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="graph" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/pivot_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/pivot_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98daf5d4b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/pivot_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="pivot">
+        <rng:element name="pivot">
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="stacked"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="display_quantity"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="disable_linking"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:ref name="field"/>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="pivot" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/search_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/search_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74dc4c89abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/search_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="search">
+        <rng:element name="search">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="search" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/tree_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/tree_view.rng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dec8e9ab11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/tree_view.rng
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
+             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
+             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
+    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
+         template
+    -->
+    <rng:include href="common.rng"/>
+    <rng:define name="tree">
+        <rng:element name="tree">
+            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="create" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="delete" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="edit" /></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="duplicate"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="import"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="class"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colors"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="fonts"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_order"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-bf"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-it"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-danger"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-info"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-muted"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-primary"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-success"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="decoration-warning"/></rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+                <rng:attribute name="limit">
+                    <rng:data type="int"/>
+                </rng:attribute>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+              <rng:attribute name="editable">
+                <rng:choice>
+                  <rng:value>top</rng:value>
+                  <rng:value>bottom</rng:value>
+                </rng:choice>
+              </rng:attribute>
+              <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="on_write"/></rng:optional>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:optional>
+              <rng:attribute name="toolbar">
+                <rng:choice>
+                  <rng:value>1</rng:value>
+                  <rng:value>True</rng:value>
+                </rng:choice>
+              </rng:attribute>
+            </rng:optional>
+            <rng:zeroOrMore>
+                <rng:choice>
+                    <rng:ref name="field"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="tree"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
+                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
+                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
+                </rng:choice>
+            </rng:zeroOrMore>
+        </rng:element>
+    </rng:define>
+    <rng:start>
+        <rng:choice>
+            <rng:ref name="tree" />
+        </rng:choice>
+    </rng:start>
+</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/view.rng
deleted file mode 100644
index 3225735ffad..00000000000
--- a/odoo/addons/base/rng/view.rng
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,818 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<rng:grammar xmlns:rng="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"
-             xmlns:a="http://relaxng.org/ns/annotation/1.0"
-             datatypeLibrary="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">
-    <!-- Handling of element overloading when inheriting from a base
-         template
-    -->
-    <rng:define name="overload">
-        <rng:optional>
-            <!--
-                Alter matched element with content
-            -->
-            <rng:choice>
-                <rng:attribute name="position">
-                    <rng:choice>
-                        <!-- Insert content before first child -->
-                        <rng:value>before</rng:value>
-                        <!-- Insert content after last child -->
-                        <rng:value>after</rng:value>
-                        <!-- Replace all children with content -->
-                        <rng:value>inside</rng:value>
-                        <!-- Replace matched element itself with content -->
-                        <rng:value>replace</rng:value>
-                    </rng:choice>
-                </rng:attribute>
-                <rng:group>
-                    <rng:attribute name="position">
-                        <!-- Edit element attributes -->
-                        <rng:value>attributes</rng:value>
-                    </rng:attribute>
-                    <rng:oneOrMore>
-                        <rng:element name="attribute">
-                            <rng:attribute name="name"><rng:text/></rng:attribute>
-                            <rng:text />
-                        </rng:element>
-                    </rng:oneOrMore>
-                </rng:group>
-            </rng:choice>
-        </rng:optional>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="modifiable">
-        <rng:optional>
-            <!-- @modifiers contains a JSON map unifying the various
-                 modifier attributes: @readonly, @required, @invisible.
-                 Each attribute is a key, mapped to a JSON list representing
-                 a condition expressed as an OpenERP `domain` filter
-                 Only some of the modifier keys make sense on some
-                 elements, for example <filter> and <group> only support
-                 `invisible`. -->
-            <rng:attribute name="modifiers"/>
-        </rng:optional>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="access_rights">
-        <rng:optional>
-            <rng:attribute name="groups"/>
-        </rng:optional>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="dashboard-column">
-        <rng:element name="column">
-            <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                <rng:element name="action">
-                    <!-- Action identifier, used by clients to get the
-                         actual action from db -->
-                    <rng:attribute name="name"/>
-                    <!-- Displayed name of dashboard item (above idem) -->
-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
-                    <!-- Merged into the action descriptor's own
-                         context before executing the action -->
-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
-                    <!-- Added to the action descriptor's own domain
-                         before executing the action -->
-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="domain"/></rng:optional>
-                    <!-- In case the action is an act_window,
-                         overrides its own @views. -->
-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="view_mode"/></rng:optional>
-                    <!-- Add a 'Create' button in order to create a new resource of the action's model
-                         values :  [true|false|<ID of specific action view>]. -->
-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="creatable"/></rng:optional>
-                </rng:element>
-            </rng:zeroOrMore>
-        </rng:element>
-    </rng:define>
-    <rng:define name="dashboard">
-        <rng:choice>
-            <rng:element name="board">
-                <a:documentation>
-                  New-style (6.1) dashboard definition
-                </a:documentation>
-                <rng:choice>
-                    <rng:group>
-                        <a:documentation>
-                          Single-column dashboard style
-                        </a:documentation>
-                        <rng:attribute name="style">
-                            <rng:value>1</rng:value>
-                        </rng:attribute>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                    </rng:group>
-                    <rng:group>
-                        <a:documentation>
-                          Three different 2-column dashboard styles:
-                          50|50, 33|66 and 66|33.
-                        </a:documentation>
-                        <rng:attribute name="style">
-                            <rng:choice>
-                                <rng:value>1-1</rng:value>
-                                <rng:value>1-2</rng:value>
-                                <rng:value>2-1</rng:value>
-                            </rng:choice>
-                        </rng:attribute>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                    </rng:group>
-                    <rng:group>
-                        <a:documentation>
-                          Three-column dashboard style: 33|33|33
-                        </a:documentation>
-                        <rng:attribute name="style">
-                            <rng:value>1-1-1</rng:value>
-                        </rng:attribute>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                        <rng:ref name="dashboard-column"/>
-                    </rng:group>
-                </rng:choice>
-            </rng:element>
-            <!--
-                DEPRECATED old-style dashboards
-            -->
-            <rng:element>
-                <rng:choice>
-                    <rng:name>hpaned</rng:name>
-                    <rng:name>vpaned</rng:name>
-                </rng:choice>
-                <rng:optional>
-                    <rng:attribute name="position">
-                        <rng:data type="int"/>
-                    </rng:attribute>
-                </rng:optional>
-                <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                    <rng:optional><rng:ref name="any"/></rng:optional>
-                    <rng:optional><rng:ref name="html"/></rng:optional>
-                </rng:zeroOrMore>
-            </rng:element>
-        </rng:choice>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="container">
-        <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="col"/></rng:optional>
-        <rng:zeroOrMore>
-            <rng:choice>
-                <rng:ref name="notebook"/>
-                <rng:ref name="field"/>
-                <rng:ref name="group"/>
-                <rng:ref name="button"/>
-                <rng:ref name="label" />
-                <rng:ref name="separator"/>
-                <rng:ref name="image"/>
-                <rng:ref name="form"/>
-                <rng:ref name="dashboard"/>
-                <rng:ref name="filter"/>
-                <rng:ref name="html"/>
-                <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-                <rng:element name="properties"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-            </rng:choice>
-        </rng:zeroOrMore>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="form">
-        <rng:element name="form">
-            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="create" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="delete" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="edit" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="link"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="version"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:ref name="container"/>
-        </rng:element>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="diagram">
-        <rng:element name="diagram">
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="create" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:ref name="node"/>
-            <rng:ref name="arrow"/>            
-            <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                <rng:ref name="label"/>
-            </rng:zeroOrMore>
-        </rng:element>
-    </rng:define>
-
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-                    <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="write_model" /></rng:optional>
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-            <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                <rng:ref name="field"/>
-            </rng:zeroOrMore>
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-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="states" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="special" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="target"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="confirm"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="help"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="class"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="default_focus"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                <rng:choice>
-                    <rng:ref name="form" />
-                    <rng:ref name="field" />
-                    <rng:ref name="tree" />
-                    <rng:ref name="notebook" />
-                    <rng:ref name="graph" />
-                    <rng:ref name="calendar" />
-                    <rng:ref name="gantt" />
-                    <rng:ref name="xpath" />
-                    <rng:ref name="page" />
-                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="group"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
-                    <rng:element name="properties"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-                </rng:choice>
-            </rng:zeroOrMore>
-
-        </rng:element>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:define name="filter">
-        <rng:element name="filter">
-            <rng:ref name="overload"/>
-            <rng:ref name="access_rights"/>
-            <rng:ref name="modifiable"/>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="attrs"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="invisible"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="name" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="separator" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="string" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="type" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="align" /></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="colspan"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="readonly"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="context"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="help"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:optional><rng:attribute name="domain"/></rng:optional>
-            <rng:zeroOrMore>
-                <rng:choice>
-                    <rng:ref name="form" />
-                    <rng:ref name="field" />
-                    <rng:ref name="tree" />
-                    <rng:ref name="notebook" />
-                    <rng:ref name="graph" />
-                    <rng:ref name="pivot" />
-                    <rng:ref name="calendar" />
-                    <rng:ref name="gantt" />
-                    <rng:ref name="xpath" />
-                    <rng:ref name="page" />
-                    <rng:ref name="separator"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="button"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="filter"/>
-                    <rng:ref name="html"/>
-                    <rng:element name="properties"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-                    <rng:element name="newline"><rng:empty/></rng:element>
-                </rng:choice>
-            </rng:zeroOrMore>
-
-        </rng:element>
-    </rng:define>
-
-    <rng:start>
-        <rng:choice>
-            <rng:ref name="diagram" />
-            <rng:ref name="kanban" />
-            <rng:ref name="form" />
-            <rng:ref name="search" />
-            <rng:ref name="group" />
-            <rng:ref name="field" />
-            <rng:ref name="tree" />
-            <rng:ref name="notebook" />
-            <rng:ref name="graph" />
-            <rng:ref name="pivot" />
-            <rng:ref name="calendar" />
-            <rng:ref name="data" />
-            <rng:ref name="gantt" />
-            <rng:ref name="xpath" />
-            <rng:ref name="page" />
-            <rng:ref name="separator"/>
-            <rng:ref name="button"/>
-            <rng:ref name="filter"/>
-            <rng:ref name="label" />
-            <rng:ref name="html"/>
-        </rng:choice>
-    </rng:start>
-</rng:grammar>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
index aba01b0aa32..bac723c1773 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
             'name': "bob",
             'model': 'ir.ui.view',
             'arch': """
-                <form string="Base title" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Base title">
                     <separator name="separator" string="Separator" colspan="4"/>
                     <footer>
                         <button name="action_next" type="object" string="Next button" class="btn-primary"/>
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
             'inherit_id': view1.id,
             'arch': """
                 <data>
-                    <form position="attributes" version="7.0">
+                    <form position="attributes">
                         <attribute name="string">Replacement title</attribute>
                     </form>
                     <footer position="replace">
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
                     E.button(name="action_next", type="object", string="New button"),
                     thing="bob lolo bibi and co", otherthing="lolo"
                 ),
-                string="Replacement title", version="7.0"))
+                string="Replacement title"))
 
     def test_view_inheritance_text_inside(self):
         """ Test view inheritance when adding elements and text. """
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
             'name': "bob",
             'model': 'ir.ui.view.custom',
             'arch': """
-                <form string="Base title" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Base title">
                     <separator name="separator" string="Separator" colspan="4"/>
                     <footer>
                         <button name="action_next" type="object" string="Next button" class="btn-primary"/>
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
             'inherit_id': view1.id,
             'arch': """
                 <data>
-                    <form position="attributes" version="7.0">
+                    <form position="attributes">
                         <attribute name="string">Replacement title</attribute>
                     </form>
                     <footer position="replace">
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class TestViews(ViewCase):
                 E.p("Replacement data"),
                 E.footer(
                     E.button(name="action_next", type="object", string="New button")),
-                string="Replacement title", version="7.0"
+                string="Replacement title"
             ))
 
     def test_modifiers(self):
diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_exceptions/view.xml b/odoo/addons/test_exceptions/view.xml
index 70827656903..dd0aa97b7f1 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_exceptions/view.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_exceptions/view.xml
@@ -6,102 +6,99 @@
             <field name="name">Test exceptions</field>
             <field name="model">test.exceptions.model</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Test exceptions" version="6.1">
+                <form string="Test exceptions">
                     <label string="Each button generates a specific exception on the server. The text on the right is the expected representation of the exception when displayed on the client. Button marked with a '*' use safe_eval()."/>
-                    <separator string="" colspan="8"/>
-                    <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                    <group colspan="4" col="8">
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_except_osv" string="except_osv" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_except_orm" string="except_orm" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_warning" string="Warning" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_redirect_warning" string="RedirectWarning" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description-redirection button"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_access_denied" string="AccessDenied" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_access_error" string="AccessError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access rights error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_exc_access_denied" string="Exc AccessDenied" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_undefined" string="Undefined" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Server error-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_user_error" string="UserError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_missing_error" string="MissingError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Missing Error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_validation_error" string="ValidationError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Validation Error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                    </group>
-                    <group colspan="4" col="8">
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_except_osv_safe_eval" string="except_osv*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_except_orm_safe_eval" string="except_orm*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_warning_safe_eval" string="Warning*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_redirect_warning_safe_eval" string="RedirectWarning*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description-redirection button"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_access_denied_safe_eval" string="AccessDenied*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_access_error_safe_eval" string="AccessError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access rights error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_exc_access_denied_safe_eval" string="Exc AccessDenied*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_undefined_safe_eval" string="Undefined*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Server error-traceback"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_user_error_safe_eval" string="UserError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Warning-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_missing_error_safe_eval" string="MissingError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Missing Error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                      <group colspan="8" col="8">
-                          <button name="generate_validation_error_safe_eval" string="ValidationError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" colspan="1"/>
-                          <label string="Validation Error-description"/>
-                      </group>
-                    </group>
+                    <separator/>
+                    <group>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_except_osv" string="except_osv" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary" />
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_except_orm" string="except_orm" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_warning" string="Warning" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_redirect_warning" string="RedirectWarning" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description-redirection button"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_access_denied" string="AccessDenied" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_access_error" string="AccessError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access rights error-description" class="oe_inline"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_exc_access_denied" string="Exc AccessDenied" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_undefined" string="Undefined" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Server error-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_user_error" string="UserError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_missing_error" string="MissingError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Missing Error-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_validation_error" string="ValidationError" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Validation Error-description"/>
+                        </div>
+
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_except_osv_safe_eval" string="except_osv*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_except_orm_safe_eval" string="except_orm*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_warning_safe_eval" string="Warning*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_redirect_warning_safe_eval" string="RedirectWarning*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description-redirection button" class="oe_inline"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_access_denied_safe_eval" string="AccessDenied*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_access_error_safe_eval" string="AccessError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access rights error-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_exc_access_denied_safe_eval" string="Exc AccessDenied*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Access denied-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_undefined_safe_eval" string="Undefined*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Server error-traceback"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_user_error_safe_eval" string="UserError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Warning-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_missing_error_safe_eval" string="MissingError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Missing Error-description"/>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            <button name="generate_validation_error_safe_eval" string="ValidationError*" type="object" icon="fa-refresh text-primary"/>
+                            <label string="Validation Error-description"/>
+                        </div>
                     </group>
                 </form>
            </field>
diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/views.xml b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/views.xml
index 149212b9f97..c78be2e09e0 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/views.xml
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/views.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             <field name="model">test_new_api.discussion</field>
             <field name="priority" eval="1"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Discussion" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Discussion">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="name"/>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                                         <field name="body"/>
                                         <field name="important"/>
                                     </tree>
-                                    <form string="Message" version="7.0">
+                                    <form string="Message">
                                         <group>
                                             <field name="name"/>
                                             <field name="author"/>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                                         <field name="important"/>
                                         <field name="email_to"/>
                                     </tree>
-                                    <form string="Important Message" version="7.0">
+                                    <form string="Important Message">
                                         <group>
                                             <field name="name"/>
                                             <field name="author"/>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             <field name="model">test_new_api.discussion</field>
             <field name="priority" eval="10"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Discussion" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Discussion">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="name"/>
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
             <field name="model">test_new_api.discussion</field>
             <field name="priority" eval="11"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Discussion" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Discussion">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="name" context="{'generate_dummy_message': True}"/>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             <field name="name">message form view</field>
             <field name="model">test_new_api.message</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Message" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Message">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="discussion"/>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
             <field name="name">category form view</field>
             <field name="model">test_new_api.category</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Category" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Category">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="name"/>
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
             <field name="name">multi form view</field>
             <field name="model">test_new_api.multi</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Multi" version="7.0">
+                <form string="Multi">
                     <sheet>
                         <group>
                             <field name="name"/>
diff --git a/odoo/tools/view_validation.py b/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
index 40a85f18ccd..1ffdd43e58b 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 
 import collections
 import logging
+import os
+
+from lxml import etree
+from odoo import tools
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 _validators = collections.defaultdict(list)
+_relaxng_cache = {}
+
 def valid_view(arch):
     for pred in _validators[arch.tag]:
         if not pred(arch):
@@ -25,6 +31,31 @@ def validate(*view_types):
     return decorator
 
 
+def relaxng(view_type):
+    """ Return a validator for the given view type, or None. """
+    if view_type not in _relaxng_cache:
+        with tools.file_open(os.path.join('base', 'rng', '%s_view.rng' % view_type)) as frng:
+            try:
+                relaxng_doc = etree.parse(frng)
+                _relaxng_cache[view_type] = etree.RelaxNG(relaxng_doc)
+            except Exception:
+                _logger.exception('Failed to load RelaxNG XML schema for views validation')
+                _relaxng_cache[view_type] = None
+    return _relaxng_cache[view_type]
+
+
+@validate('calendar', 'diagram', 'gantt', 'graph', 'pivot', 'search', 'tree')
+def schema_valid(arch):
+    """ Get RNG validator and validate RNG file."""
+    validator = relaxng(arch.tag)
+    if validator and not validator.validate(arch):
+        result = True
+        for error in validator.error_log:
+            _logger.error(tools.ustr(error))
+            result = False
+        return result
+    return True
+
 @validate('form')
 def valid_page_in_book(arch):
     """A `page` node must be below a `notebook` node."""