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A vocabulary for describing the structure of JSON documents so a validator can check them: which fields exist, which are required, their types and allowed values 1. The templates library publishes one draft 2020-12 schema per governance record, so a record either validates or fails the build.

Developed in
ch. 05, Pattern: Machine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL)
Templates and schemas
Chapters
ch. 05, Patterns
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

6 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

JSON Schema: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Other chapterCross-referenced, not named04 The Stack: 1 mention04 The Stack105 Patterns008 Regulatory Map: 1 mention08 Regulatory Map110 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List113 Risk Management: 1 mention13 Risk Management115 Deployment: 1 mention15 Deployment117 Incidents: 1 mention17 Incidents1No mentions in the other 16 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
JSON Schema: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 6 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Other chapterCross-referenced, not named0001020304 The Stack: 1 mention10405060708 Regulatory Map: 1 mention10810 Reading List: 1 mention110111213 Risk Management: 1 mention1131415 Deployment: 1 mention1151617 Incidents: 1 mention117181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of JSON Schema per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack1No
05 Patterns0Yes
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map1No
10 Reading List1No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management1No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment1No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents1No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

JSON Schema: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceJSON SchemaRelated terms (3)Evidence record · RelatedEvidence recordMachine-readable evidence · RelatedMachine-readable evidenceOSCAL · RelatedOSCALPatterns using it (1)Machine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 1 mention · Uses the termMachine-Readable Evidence
JSON Schema: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceRelated terms (3)Evidence record · RelatedEvidence recordMachine-readable evidence · RelatedMachine-readable evidenceOSCAL · RelatedOSCALPatterns using it (1)Machine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 1 mention · Uses the termMachine-Readable EvidenceJSON Schema
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of JSON Schema
FamilyItemRelation
Related termsEvidence recordRelated
Related termsMachine-readable evidenceRelated
Related termsOSCALRelated
Patterns using itMachine-Readable Evidence (OSCAL), 1 mentionUses the term
  • Evidence record

    The signed, structured record a control writes each time it decides: which control, about which system version, what it decided, against which metric…

  • Machine-readable evidence

    Evidence a machine can query, diff and aggregate (OSCAL artefacts, structured eval results, signed logs), as opposed to screenshots and exported spreadsheets.

  • OSCAL

    The Open Security Controls Assessment Language, a NIST machine-readable format for controls, assessments and evidence, used here as the format for audit-ready…

Sources

  1. [1] JSON Schema Draft 2020-12. JSON Schema. 2022-06-16. https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12 (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). JSON Schema. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/json-schema. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026jsonschema,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{JSON Schema}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/json-schema}
}