README.md

Repo for storing and validating $jsonSchema of documents stored in MongoDB

Introduction

Background on JSON Schema http://json-schema.org/.

Note files in components directory cannot be used directly for MongoDB's $jsonSchema because MongoDB omits $ref. Use files in compiled directory where $ref is resolved using components/resolve_ref.py.

Instructions

To validate schema:

pip install jsonschema
jsonschema -i sample_files/taxon/taxon_incorrect.json components/taxon.json
jsonschema -i sample_files/taxon/taxon_correct.json components/taxon.json

To compile schema:

cd components
change url to appropriate name
python resolve_ref.py

The compiled schema will be stored in compiled directory.