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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def to_schema(self):
 """ Generate a schema based on previous inputs. :rtype: ``dict`` """

        schema = self._base_schema()
        schema.update(self._root_node.to_schema())
        return schema