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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions jsonschema-core.xml
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This specification defines JSON Schema core terminology and mechanisms, including
pointing to another JSON Schema by reference,
dereferencing a JSON Schema reference,
specifying the vocabulary being used,
specifying the dialect being used,
specifying a dialect's vocabulary requirements,
and defining the expected output.
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some sort of condition.
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To facilitate re-use, keywords can be organized into vocabularies. A vocabulary
To facilitate re-use, keywords can be organized into vocabularies. A vocabulary
consists of a list of keywords, together with their syntax and semantics.
A set of vocabularies identified by a meta-schema is known as a dialect.
A dialect is defined as a set of vocabularies and their required support
identified in a meta-schema.
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JSON Schema can be extended either by defining additional vocabularies,
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vocabularies available for use in schemas described by that meta-schema.
It is also used to indicate whether each vocabulary is required or optional,
in the sense that an implementation MUST understand the required vocabularies
in order to successfully process the schema.
in order to successfully process the schema. Together, this information forms
a dialect.
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The value of this keyword MUST be an object. The property names in the
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