---
title: SCNSceneSourceStatus.validating
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: scenekit/scnscenesourcestatus/validating
---

# SCNSceneSourceStatus.validating

SceneKit has begun validating the scene file’s format.

## Declaration

```swift
case validating
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you specify true for the checkConsistency when creating or loading from a scene source, SceneKit verifies the scene file against the specification for its file format and reports any format consistency errors.

## See Also

### Constants

- [SCNSceneSourceStatus.error](scenekit/scnscenesourcestatus/error.md)
- [SCNSceneSourceStatus.parsing](scenekit/scnscenesourcestatus/parsing.md)
- [SCNSceneSourceStatus.processing](scenekit/scnscenesourcestatus/processing.md)
- [SCNSceneSourceStatus.complete](scenekit/scnscenesourcestatus/complete.md)