distribution.json

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
  "id": "https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/distribution.json#",
  "title": "Project Open Data Distribution",
  "description": "Validates an entire collection of common core metadata JSON objects. Agencies produce said collections in the form of Data.json files.",
  "type": "object",
  "dependencies": {
    "downloadURL": {
      "properties": {
        "mediaType": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[-\\w]+/[-\\w]+(\\.[-\\w]+)*([+][-\\w]+)?$"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "mediaType"
      ]
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "@type": {
      "title": "Metadata Context",
      "description": "IRI for the JSON-LD data type. This should be dcat:Distribution for each Distribution",
      "enum": [
        "dcat:Distribution"
      ]
    },
    "downloadURL": {
      "title": "Download URL",
      "description": "URL providing direct access to a downloadable file of a dataset",
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "mediaType": {
      "title": "Media Type",
      "description": "The machine-readable file format (IANA Media Type or MIME Type) of the distribution’s downloadURL",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "pattern": "^[-\\w]+/[-\\w]+(\\.[-\\w]+)*([+][-\\w]+)?$",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]      
    },
    "format": {
      "title": "Format",
      "description": "A human-readable description of the file format of a distribution",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "accessURL": {
      "title": "Access URL",
      "description": "URL providing indirect access to a dataset",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "title": "Description",
      "description": "Human-readable description of the distribution",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "title": {
      "title": "Title",
      "description": "Human-readable name of the distribution",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "conformsTo": {
      "title": "Data Standard",
      "description": "URL providing indirect access to a dataset",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "describedBy": {
      "title": "Data Dictionary",
      "description": "URL to the data dictionary for the distribution found at the downloadURL",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    },
    "describedByType": {
      "title": "Data Dictionary Type",
      "description": "The machine-readable file format (IANA Media Type or MIME Type) of the distribution’s describedBy URL",
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "pattern": "^[-\\w]+/[-\\w]+(\\.[-\\w]+)*([+][-\\w]+)?$",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}