def update_validators():
    """
    Call this to updade the global nrml.validators
    """
    validators.update({
        'fragilityFunction.id': valid.utf8,  # taxonomy
        'vulnerabilityFunction.id': valid.utf8,  # taxonomy
        'consequenceFunction.id': valid.utf8,  # taxonomy
        'asset.id': valid.asset_id,
        'costType.name': valid.cost_type,
        'costType.type': valid.cost_type_type,
        'cost.type': valid.cost_type,
        'area.type': valid.name,
        'isAbsolute': valid.boolean,
        'insuranceLimit': valid.positivefloat,
        'deductible': valid.positivefloat,
        'occupants': valid.positivefloat,
        'value': valid.positivefloat,
        'retrofitted': valid.positivefloat,
        'number': valid.compose(valid.positivefloat, valid.nonzero),
        'vulnerabilitySetID': str,  # any ASCII string is fine
        'vulnerabilityFunctionID': str,  # any ASCII string is fine
        'lossCategory': valid.utf8,  # a description field
        'lr': valid.probability,
        'lossRatio': valid.positivefloats,
        'coefficientsVariation': valid.positivefloats,
        'probabilisticDistribution': valid.Choice('LN', 'BT'),
        'dist': valid.Choice('LN', 'BT', 'PM'),
        'meanLRs': valid.positivefloats,
        'covLRs': valid.positivefloats,
        'format': valid.ChoiceCI('discrete', 'continuous'),
        'mean': valid.positivefloat,
        'stddev': valid.positivefloat,
        'minIML': valid.positivefloat,
        'maxIML': valid.positivefloat,
        'limitStates': valid.namelist,
        'noDamageLimit': valid.NoneOr(valid.positivefloat),
        'loss_type': valid_loss_types,
        'losses': valid.positivefloats,
        'averageLoss': valid.positivefloat,
        'stdDevLoss': valid.positivefloat,
        'ffs.type': valid.ChoiceCI('lognormal'),
        'assetLifeExpectancy': valid.positivefloat,
        'interestRate': valid.positivefloat,
        'lossType': valid_loss_types,
        'aalOrig': valid.positivefloat,
        'aalRetr': valid.positivefloat,
        'ratio': valid.positivefloat,
        'cf': asset_mean_stddev,
        'damage': damage_triple,
        'damageStates': valid.namelist,
        'taxonomy': taxonomy,
        'tagNames': valid.namelist,
    })
Call this to updade the global nrml.validators