feat: JSON Data Resource

content/docs/standard/data-resource.mdx

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ If `path` property is not provided but there is a `url` property as was defined
 A Data Resource descriptor `MAY` contain a property `type` that `MUST` be a string with the following possible values:
 
 - `table`: indicates that the resource is tabular as per [Tabular Data](/standard/glossary/#tabular-data) definition. Please read more about [Tabular Resource](#tabular) properties.
+- `json`: indicates that the resource is JSON as per [JSON Data](/standard/glossary/#json-data) definition. Please read more about [JSON Resource](#json) properties.
 
 If property `type` is not provided, the resource is considered to be a non-specific file. An implementation `MAY` provide some additional interfaces, for example, tabular, to non-specific files if `type` can be detected from the data source or format.
 
@@ -211,6 +212,10 @@ List of licenses as for [Data Package](/standard/data-package/#licenses). If not
 
 The properties below are applicable to any Tabular Data Resource.
 
+#### `type` {#tabular-type}
+
+A Tabular Data Resource descriptor `SHOULD` contain a property `type` that `MUST` be `table`.
+
 #### `path` or `data` [required] {#tabular-path-or-data}
 
 If the `path` property is used for providing data than it `MUST` contain [Tabular Data](/standard/glossary/#tabular-data).
@@ -275,3 +280,38 @@ An example of a resource with a schema:
   }
 }
 ```
+
+### JSON
+
+The properties below are applicable to any JSON Data Resource.
+
+#### `type` {#json-type}
+
+A JSON Data Resource descriptor `SHOULD` contain a property `type` that `MUST` be `json`.
+
+#### `path` or `data` [required] {#json-path-or-data}
+
+If the `path` property is used for providing data than it `MUST` contain [JSON Data](/standard/glossary/#json-data).
+
+If the `data` property is used for providing data for a JSON Data Resource than it `MUST` be an inline instance of [JSON Data](/standard/glossary/#json-data).
+
+#### `jsonSchema`
+
+A JSON Data Resource `MAY` have a `jsonSchema` property to provide a JSON Schema of the resource data. If provided, the `jsonSchema` property `MUST` be a valid [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org) descriptor in a form of an object or [URL-or-Path](/standard/glossary/#url-or-path).
+
+An example of a resource with a JSON Schema:
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "data",
+  "type": "json",
+  "path": "data.json",
+  "jsonSchema": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+      "givenName": { "type": "string" },
+      "familyName": { "type": "string" }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```

content/docs/standard/glossary.mdx

@@ -134,6 +134,22 @@ In JSON, a table would be:
 ]
 ```
 
+### JSON Data
+
+JSON data is a valid [JSON](https://www.json.org) object. For example:
+
+```json
+{
+  "name": "John Doe",
+  "age": 30,
+  "address": {
+    "street": "123 Main St",
+    "city": "Anytown",
+    "state": "CA"
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ### Data Representation
 
 In order to talk about the representation and processing of tabular data from text-based sources, it is useful to introduce the concepts of the _physical_ and the _logical_ representation of data.

profiles/dictionary/resource.yaml

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ dataResource:
     schema:
       "$ref": "#/definitions/tableSchema"
       propertyOrder: 140
+    jsonSchema:
+      "$ref": "#/definitions/jsonSchema"
+      propertyOrder: 140
 pathArray:
   type: array
   minItems: 1
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ resourceType:
   type: string
   enum:
     - table
+    - json
 format:
   title: Format
   description: The file format of this resource.
@@ -170,3 +174,9 @@ hash:
       {
         "hash": "SHA256:5262f12512590031bbcc9a430452bfd75c2791ad6771320bb4b5728bfb78c4d0"
       }
+jsonSchema:
+  title: JSON schema
+  description: A JSON Schema for this resource, compliant with the JSON Schema specification.
+  type:
+    - string
+    - object

public/profiles/2.1/datapackage.json

@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@
             "propertyOrder": 235,
             "type": "string",
             "enum": [
-              "table"
+              "table",
+              "json"
             ]
           },
           "title": {
@@ -3404,6 +3405,15 @@
             "examples": [
               "{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"fields\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"first_name\",\n        \"type\": \"string\"\n        \"constraints\": {\n          \"required\": true\n        }\n      },\n      {\n        \"name\": \"age\",\n        \"type\": \"integer\"\n      },\n    ],\n    \"primaryKey\": [\n      \"name\"\n    ]\n  }\n}\n"
             ]
+          },
+          "jsonSchema": {
+            "propertyOrder": 140,
+            "title": "JSON schema",
+            "description": "A JSON Schema for this resource, compliant with the JSON Schema specification.",
+            "type": [
+              "string",
+              "object"
+            ]
           }
         }
       },

public/profiles/2.1/dataresource.json

@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
       "propertyOrder": 235,
       "type": "string",
       "enum": [
-        "table"
+        "table",
+        "json"
       ]
     },
     "title": {
@@ -3168,6 +3169,15 @@
       "examples": [
         "{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"fields\": [\n      {\n        \"name\": \"first_name\",\n        \"type\": \"string\"\n        \"constraints\": {\n          \"required\": true\n        }\n      },\n      {\n        \"name\": \"age\",\n        \"type\": \"integer\"\n      },\n    ],\n    \"primaryKey\": [\n      \"name\"\n    ]\n  }\n}\n"
       ]
+    },
+    "jsonSchema": {
+      "propertyOrder": 140,
+      "title": "JSON schema",
+      "description": "A JSON Schema for this resource, compliant with the JSON Schema specification.",
+      "type": [
+        "string",
+        "object"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }