JSON Schema Keywords

JSON Schema keywords are the building blocks of JSON Schema. They are used to define the structure of a JSON document

Core

$anchor	https://json-schema.org/learn/json-schema-examples#ecommerce-system https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/structuring#anchor https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/anchor
$comment	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/comments#comments https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/comment
$defs	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/structuring#defs https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/defs
$dynamicAnchor	https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/dynamicanchor
$dynamicRef	https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/dynamicref
$id	https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/basics#declaring-a-unique-identifier https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/id
$ref	https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/basics#declaring-a-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#unevaluateditems https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/structuring#id https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/ref
$schema	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/schema https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/schema
$vocabulary	https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/core/vocabulary

Applicator

additionalProperties	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#additionalproperties https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/additionalproperties
allOf	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#unevaluateditems https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/combining#schema-composition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/allof
anyOf	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#unevaluateditems https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/combining#schema-composition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/anyof
contains	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#contains https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/contains
else	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/conditionals#ifthenelse https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/else
if	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/conditionals#ifthenelse https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/if
items	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#items https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/items
not	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/combining#schema-composition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/not
oneOf	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#unevaluateditems https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/combining#schema-composition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/oneof
patternProperties	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#patternProperties https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/patternproperties
prefixitems	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#tupleValidation https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/prefixitems
properties	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#properties https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/properties
propertynames	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#propertyNames https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/propertynames
then	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/conditionals#ifthenelse https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/then

Validation

const	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/const#constant-values https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/const
dependentRequired	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/conditionals#applying-subschemas-conditionally https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/dependentrequired
dependentSchemas	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/conditionals#dependentSchemas https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/applicator/dependentschemas
enum	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/enum#enumerated-values https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/enum
exclusiveMaximum	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/numeric#range https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/exclusivemaximum
exclusiveMinimum	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/numeric#range https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/exclusiveminimum
maxContains	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#mincontains-maxcontains https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/maxcontains
maximum	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/numeric#range https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/maximum
minitems	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#length https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/minitems
minLength	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/string#length https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/minitems https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/minLength
minProperties	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#size https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/json-schema-validation#name-minproperties https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/minProperties
multipleOf	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/numeric#multiples https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/multipleof
pattern	https://json-schema.org/learn/miscellaneous-examples https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/string#regexp https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/pattern
required	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#extending https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/required
type	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/type https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/basics#the-type-keyword https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/type
uniqueItems	https://json-schema.org/learn/file-system#modeling-a-file-system-with-json-schema https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#uniqueItems https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/validation/uniqueitems

Content

contentEncoding	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/non_json_data#contentencoding https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/content/contentencoding
contentMediaType	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/non_json_data#contentmediatype https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/content/contentmediatype
contentschema	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/non_json_data#contentschema https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/content/contentschema

Meta Data

default	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/default
deprecated	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/deprecated
description	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/description
examples	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/examples
readOnly	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/readonly
title	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://json-schema.org/learn/getting-started-step-by-step#create-a-schema-definition https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/title
writeOnly	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/annotations https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/meta-data/writeonly

Unevaluated

unevaluateditems	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/array#unevaluateditems https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/unevaluated/unevaluateditems
unevaluatedproperties	https://json-schema.org/understanding-json-schema/reference/object#unevaluatedproperties https://www.learnjsonschema.com/2020-12/unevaluated/unevaluatedproperties

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