fixup

Author: medley56

space_packet_parser/xtce/validation.py

@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ def _is_http_url(s):
     # Otherwise assume a local filepath
     else:
         with Path(schema_location).open("r") as sfh:
-            schema_content = sfh.read()
+            schema_content = sfh.read().encode("utf-8")
 
     # Fix and parse the schema content
     try:
         try:
-            schema_root_element = ElementTree.XML(schema_content.encode("utf-8"), parser)
+            schema_root_element = ElementTree.XML(schema_content, parser)
             return ElementTree.XMLSchema(schema_root_element), schema_root_element.get("version", "unknown")
         except ElementTree.XMLSchemaError as e:
             # Try to fix known issues