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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "definitions": {
+    },
+    "id": "#",
+    "properties": {
+        "header": {
+            "id": "/properties/header",
+            "properties": {
+                "schema_version": {
+                    "description": "Required, schema version of the current document.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/api_version",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "catalog_number": {
+                    "description": "Optional, ",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/catalog_number",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "comments": {
+                    "description": "Optional, additional information for the spectral dataset.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/comments",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "description": {
+                    "description": "Required, description of the spectral dataset.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/description",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "document_creation_date": {
+                    "description": "Required, document creation date expressed as per RFC 3339 - Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps, e.g. 2017-01-01T12:00:00Z.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/document_creation_date",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "date-time"
+                },
+                "document_creator": {
+                    "description": "Required, creator of the document, e.g. company, individual, laboratory, etc.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/document_creator",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "laboratory": {
+                    "description": "Optional, laboratory or company that performed the measurements.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/laboratory",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "license": {
+                    "description": "Required, usage license of the document, e.g. CC-BY-NC-ND",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/license",
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "manufacturer": {
+                    "description": "Optional, manufacturer of the device being tested.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/manufacturer",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "measurement_equipment": {
+                    "description": "Optional, measurement equipment used to test the device.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/measurement_equipment",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "model": {
+                    "description": "Optional, model of the device being tested.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/model",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                },
+                "unique_identifier": {
+                    "description": "Optional, generated unique identifier for the document, e.g. SHA256.",
+                    "id": "/properties/header/properties/unique_identifier",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"]
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "description",
+                "document_creation_date",
+                "document_creator",
+                "license"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+        },
+        "spectral_data": {
+            "id": "/properties/spectral_data",
+            "properties": {
+                "bandwidth_FWHM": {
+                    "description": "Optional, spectro-radiometer full-width at half-maximum bandwidth in nm.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/bandwidth_FWHM",
+                    "type": ["number", "null"]
+                },
+                "bandwidth_corrected": {
+                    "description": "Optional, whether bandwidth correction has been applied to the spectral data.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/bandwidth_corrected",
+                    "type": ["boolean", "null"]
+                },
+                "data": {
+                    "description": "Required, defines the spectral dataset, requiring at least one *key* from `index` whose *value* is an *object* containing wavelength/value pairs.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/data",
+                    "patternProperties": {
+                    	"^.*$": { "type": "object" }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties": false,
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
+                "index": {
+                    "description": "Required, indexes the spectral dataset.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/index",
+                    "patternProperties": {
+                        	"^.*$": { "type": "array" }
+                    },
+                    "additionalProperties": false,
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
+                "reflection_geometry": {
+                    "description": "Required if `units` is *reflectance*, reflection geometry attributes as per CIE 15:2004.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/reflection_geometry",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"],
+                    "enum": ["di:8", "de:8", "8:di", "8:de", "d:d", "d:0", "45a:0", "45c:0", "0:45a", "45x:0", "0:45x", "other", null]
+                },
+                "transmission_geometry": {
+                    "description": "Required if `units` is *transmittance*, transmission geometry attributes as per CIE 15:2004.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/transmission_geometry",
+                    "type": ["string", "null"],
+                    "enum": ["0:0", "di:0", "de:0", "0:di", "0:de", "d:d", "other", null]
+                },
+                "units": {
+                    "description": "Required, unit or quantity of measurement for the spectral dataset.",
+                    "id": "/properties/spectral_data/properties/units",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "enum": ["flux", "absorptance", "transmittance", "reflectance", "intensity", "irradiance", "radiance", "exitance", "R-Factor", "T-Factor", "relative", "other"]
+                }
+            },
+            "required": [
+                "data",
+                "index",
+                "units"
+            ],
+            "type": "object"
+        }
+    },
+    "required": [
+        "header",
+        "spectral_data"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+}