diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08c3321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - main
+      - feature/lint
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
+    branches:
+      - develop
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Run the linter on the dataset
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - name: Install prereqs
+        working-directory: lint
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: Run linter
+        working-directory: lint
+        run: python lint.py
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00283e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - main
+      - feature/lint
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
+    branches:
+      - develop
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Run cspell on the dataset using our saved dictionary of ignore words
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Use Node.js 
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Install cspell
+        working-directory: lint
+        run: npm install -g cspell
+      - name: Run spellcheck
+        working-directory: lint
+        run: cspell ../data/**/*.yaml 
+
diff --git a/lint/cspell.json b/lint/cspell.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ee921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/cspell.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "dictionaries": ["en_us", "ids"],
+    "dictionaryDefinitions": [
+	{"name": "ids", "path": "./ids.txt"}
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/lint/equip.schema.yaml b/lint/equip.schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ff7844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/equip.schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+map(include("equip"))
+---
+equip:
+  name: str()
+  description: str(required=False)
+  short_name: str(required=False)
+  haystack: include("haystack")
+  extends: str(required=False)
+  is_base: bool(required=False)
+  contains: list(str(), required=False)
+  attributes: list(str(), required=False)
+  points: list(str(), required=False)
+  points_base: list(str(), required=False)
+  ifc_class: str(required=False)
+  ifc_type: str(required=False)
+  functions: list(str(), required=False)
+  functions_base: list(str(), required=False)
+  brick_ontology: str(required=False)
+  google_ontology: str(required=False)
+  deprecated: bool(required=False)
+  kpi: list(str(), required=False)
diff --git a/lint/ids.txt b/lint/ids.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88c62d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/ids.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,986 @@
+ACFREQ
+ACIA
+ACIAVG
+ACIB
+ACIC
+ACITTL
+ACPF
+ACPFA
+ACPFAVG
+ACPFB
+ACPFC
+ACSLVL
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+ACVAB
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+ACVB
+ACVBC
+ACVC
+ACVCA
+ACVLLAVG
+ADFBK
+ADPSP
+AFLWSP
+AHMS
+AHUDFVCO
+AHUDFVCOEC
+AHUDFVCOECEFV
+AHUDFVCOECPH
+AHUDFVCOECPHEFV
+AHUWSHP
+AHUWSHPDZ
+AIRCO
+AIRDWP
+AIRENTH
+AIRHANDLER
+airside
+AIRSP
+AIRTEMP
+ALMSP
+ALRMPT
+ALRMPTCD
+ALRMRESET
+APPENE
+APPPWR
+ASNLNDCALL
+ATPS
+ATSP
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+BANKBR
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+BATLVL
+BATST
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+BCPSSST
+BDWM
+BFWP
+biotechnical
+BLDSPR
+BLDSPRSP
+blowdown
+Blowdown
+BREAKRM
+BRPR
+BRSEL
+BSMNT
+BSPC
+BSWPSSCMD
+BSWPSSST
+btus
+BYPCHWFL
+BYPD
+BYPDCMD
+BYPV
+CAFC
+CARDIR
+CARDIRCMD
+CARDRST
+CARDRVST
+CARLD
+CARMD
+CARNXTPOS
+CARPOS
+CCDAT
+CDAFLW
+CDDAT
+CDDATSP
+CDDCMD
+CDDT
+CHBZC
+CHWBYPVCMD
+CHWBYPVFBK
+CHWC
+CHWCOIL
+CHWDC
+CHWDPR
+CHWDPRFL
+CHWDPRSP
+CHWDT
+CHWFLWMNSP
+CHWHWPL
+CHWISOVCMD
+CHWISOVFBK
+CHWM
+CHWP
+CHWPL
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+CHWVCMD
+CHWVFBK
+CHWZC
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+Cogenerator
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+EWTSP
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+HDDATSP
+HDDCMD
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+HGRC
+HLTH
+HMCMD
+HMLC
+HOAST
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+HPLD
+HPZC
+HRBYPDCMD
+HRDAT
+HRWC
+HRWCMD
+HRWSPCMD
+HRWST
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+HTDEM
+HTDT
+HTEZC
+HTGCLGV
+HTGRHDB
+HTGRHDBSP
+HTGRHSP
+HTGRHVCMD
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+HVACMDCMD
+HVACMDSP
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+HVSP
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+HWBLR
+HWBPVCMD
+HWBYPVCMD
+HWCOIL
+HWDC
+HWDPR
+HWDPRFL
+HWDPRSP
+HWDT
+HWISOVCMD
+HWISOVFBK
+HWPL
+HWRT
+HWST
+HWVCMD
+HWVFBK
+HWZC
+HXISOVCMD
+hydronic
+Hydronic
+IADCMD
+IADCMDCL
+IADCMDOP
+IADFBK
+IAFLW
+IAFLWCLMNSP
+IAFLWCLMXSP
+IAFLWHTMNSP
+IAFLWHTMXSP
+IAFLWSP
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+IAQZONE
+IGVFBK
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+ISOADCMD
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+JMFLT
+kgal
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+KPICODE
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+LCHWFLOWSP
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+LKFLT
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+Loadshedding
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+LTCIRCMD
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+LTLVLCMD
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+MDST
+MDVCP
+MECHRM
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+MGMTS
+MGZVB
+MIXUSE
+MKCARCALL
+MKUPWVCMD
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+MNOADSP
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+Modbus
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+MTRG
+multispeed
+MUWM
+MVSB
+MXWVCMD
+MXWVFBK
+NGDPRFL
+NGEN
+NGFLOW
+NGPWR
+NGTEMP
+NGVCMD
+NGVOL
+NOTDEFINED
+OACLLCKTSP
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+Refrig
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+REVVCMD
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+RFDCMD
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diff --git a/lint/includes.schema.yaml b/lint/includes.schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..224aeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/includes.schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+haystack:
+  type: list(str(), include("haystack_type_attr"))
+  type_optional: list(str(), include("haystack_type_attr"), required=False)
+  identification: list(str(equals="id"), str(equals="dis"), str(equals="navName"), include("identification"), required=False)
+  reference: list(str(), map(str()), required=False)
+  reference_optional: list(str(), map(str()), required=False)
+  measure_reference: list(str(), required=False)
+  output_reference: list(str(), required=False)
+
+identification:
+  id: str(required=False)
+  dis: str(required=False)
+  navName: str(required=False)
+  kind: include("kind", required=False)
+  dwgId: str(required=False)
+  unit: str(required=False)
+  unit_type: enum("mass", "volume", "volumetric_flow", "mass_flow", "electric_potential", "pressure", "temperature", "temperature_differential", required=False)
+
+haystack_type_attr:
+  phase: enum("A", "B", "C", "AB", "BC", "CA", required=False)
+  unit_type: str(required=False)
+  stage: Integer(required=False)
+
+google_ontology_full:
+  kind: include("kind", required=False)
+  unit: str(required=False)
+
+kind: enum("Bool", "Number", "Str", "List", required=False)
diff --git a/lint/lint.py b/lint/lint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fcc055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/lint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+import os
+import glob
+import yamale
+
+
+def validate_all(schema, pattern):
+    with open("includes.schema.yaml") as fp:
+        includes = fp.read()
+    with open(schema) as fp:
+        content = fp.read() + includes
+    schema = yamale.make_schema(content=content)
+    
+    for defs in glob.glob(pattern):
+        if "/ui/" in defs:
+            continue
+        print (defs)
+        data = yamale.make_data(defs)
+        yamale.validate(schema, data)
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    validate_all("./tags.schema.yaml", "../data/*tags*.yaml")
+    validate_all("./point.schema.yaml", "../data/*/*point*.yaml")
+    validate_all("./equip.schema.yaml", "../data/*/equip.*.yaml")
+
+    
diff --git a/lint/point.schema.yaml b/lint/point.schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92371b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/point.schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+map(include("point"))
+---
+point:
+  name: str()
+  short_name: str(required=False)
+  description: str(required=False)
+  haystack: include("haystack")
+  is_base: bool(required=False)
+  extends: str(required=False)
+  alarms: list(str(), map(str()), required=False)
+  history: list(str(), required=False)
+  points: list(str(), required=False)
+  google_ontology: str(required=False)
+  google_ontology_full: list(str(), map(list(include("google_ontology_full"))), required=False)
+  brick_ontology: str(required=False)
+  deprecated: bool(required=False)
+
diff --git a/lint/requirements.txt b/lint/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d28a60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PyYAML==6.0
+yamale==4.0.4
diff --git a/lint/tags.schema.yaml b/lint/tags.schema.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26fc75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/tags.schema.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+map(include('tag'))
+---
+tag:
+  description: str()
+  type: enum("MARKER", "STRING", "NUMBER", "REF", "ENUM", "COORD", required=False)
+  source: enum("OAP", "HAY", "HAY3", "BIOT", required=False)
+  subtype: enum("FLOW", "MEASURE", "CONTAIN", required=False)
+  enum: list(str(), required=False)
+  fundamental_entity: bool(required=False)