diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.core.ext/schema/inputdevice.exsd b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.core.ext/schema/inputdevice.exsd
index dac1978be8..a3221e094c 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.core.ext/schema/inputdevice.exsd
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.core.ext/schema/inputdevice.exsd
@@ -1,155 +1,153 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <schema targetNamespace="org.mitk.core.ext" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 <annotation>
       <appinfo>
          <meta.schema plugin="org.mitk.core.ext" id="inputdevices" name="Input Devices"/>
       </appinfo>
       <documentation>
          This extension point is used to define additional input devices.
       </documentation>
    </annotation>
 
    <element name="extension">
       <annotation>
          <appinfo>
             <meta.element />
          </appinfo>
       </annotation>
       <complexType>
-         <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
-            <element ref="SpaceNavigator"/>
-         </choice>
+         <sequence>
+            <element ref="inputdevice" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+         </sequence>
          <attribute name="point" type="string" use="required">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
                   a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
          <attribute name="id" type="string">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
                   an optional identifier of the extension instance
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
          <attribute name="name" type="string">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
                   an optional name of the extension instance
                </documentation>
                <appinfo>
                   <meta.attribute translatable="true"/>
                </appinfo>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>
-
-   <element name="SpaceNavigator">
+   
+   <element name="inputdevice">
+      <annotation>
+         <appinfo>
+            <meta.element />
+         </appinfo>
+      </annotation>
       <complexType>
          <sequence>
             <element ref="description" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
          </sequence>
-         <attribute name="org.mitk.core.ext.inputdevices.spacenavigator" type="string" use="required">
+         <attribute name="id" type="string" use="required">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
-                  a unique name that will be used to identify this input device
+                  the identifier of the input device
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
-         <attribute name="3D Space Navigator" type="string" use="required">
+         <attribute name="name" type="string">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
-                  a translatable name that will be used in the UI for this view
+                  an optional name of the input device
                </documentation>
                <appinfo>
                   <meta.attribute translatable="true"/>
                </appinfo>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
-         <attribute name="SpaceNavigatorVtkCameraController" type="string" use="required">
+         <attribute name="class" type="string" use="required">
             <annotation>
                <documentation>
                   a fully qualified name of the class that implements 
 &lt;samp&gt;mitk::IInputDevice&lt;/samp&gt;.
                </documentation>
-            </annotation>
-         </attribute>
-         <attribute name="icon" type="string">
-            <annotation>
-               <documentation>
-                  a relative name of the icon that will 
-be associated with the input device.
-               </documentation>
                <appinfo>
-                  <meta.attribute kind="resource"/>
+                  <meta.attribute kind="java" basedOn="mitk::IInputDevice"/>
                </appinfo>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>
 
    <element name="description" type="string">
       <annotation>
          <appinfo>
             <meta.element translatable="true"/>
          </appinfo>
          <documentation>
             an optional subelement whose body should contain text providing a short description of the input device.
          </documentation>
       </annotation>
    </element>
 
    <annotation>
       <appinfo>
          <meta.section type="examples"/>
       </appinfo>
       <documentation>
          The following is an example of the extension point: 
 &lt;p&gt;
 &lt;pre&gt;
    &lt;extension point=&quot;org.mitk.core.ext.inputdevices&quot;&gt; 
       &lt;inputdevice
          id=&quot;com.xyz.inputdevice.XYZDevice&quot; 
          name=&quot;XYZ Device&quot; 
-         class=&quot;ns::XYZDevice&quot; 
-         icon=&quot;icons/XYZ.gif&quot;/&gt;
+         class=&quot;ns::XYZDevice&quot; &gt;
+         &lt;description&gt;My new 20-dimensional input device&lt;/description&gt;
+      &lt;/inputdevice&gt;
    &lt;/extension&gt; 
 &lt;/pre&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;
      </documentation>
    </annotation>
 
    <annotation>
       <appinfo>
          <meta.section type="apiInfo"/>
       </appinfo>
       <documentation>
          The value of the &lt;samp&gt;class&lt;/samp&gt; attribute must be a 
 fully qualified name of the class that implements 
 &lt;samp&gt;mitk::IInputDevice&lt;/samp&gt;.
       </documentation>
    </annotation>
 
 
    <annotation>
       <appinfo>
          <meta.section type="implementation"/>
       </appinfo>
       <documentation>
          The MITK Platform can handle multiple distinct input devices by...
       </documentation>
    </annotation>
 
    <annotation>
       <appinfo>
          <meta.section type="copyright"/>
       </appinfo>
       <documentation>
          Copyright (c) 2010 Medical and Biological Informatics, DKFZ&lt;br&gt;
 All rights reserved.
       </documentation>
    </annotation>
 
 </schema>