diff --git a/appmanager/schema.go b/appmanager/schema.go
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index 0000000..d1da046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appmanager/schema.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package appmanager
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+type Schema struct {
+	Schema string `yaml:"schema"`
+}
+
+func SchemaFromYaml(str string) (*Schema, error) {
+	var s Schema
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(str), &s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &s, nil
+}
+
+func ReadSchema(schemaFile string) (*Schema, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(schemaFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return SchemaFromYaml(string(b))
+}