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+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+    "description": "Schema for GeoBlacklight as implemented for Solr 4.7+. See http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9710 for more details. Note that the Solr schema uses dynamic typing based on the suffix of the field name. For example, _s denotes a string where _sm denotes a multi-valued string (array of strings).",
+    "id": "http://geoblacklight.org/schema",
+    "title": "GeoBlacklight Schema",
+    "required": [
+        "uuid",
+        "dc_identifier_s",
+        "dc_title_s",
+        "dc_description_s",
+        "dc_rights_s",
+        "dct_provenance_s",
+        "dct_references_s",
+        "georss_box_s",
+        "layer_id_s",
+        "layer_geom_type_s",
+        "layer_modified_dt",
+        "layer_slug_s",
+        "solr_bbox",
+        "solr_geom",
+        "solr_year_i"
+    ],
+    "type": "object",
+    "properties": {
+        "uuid": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Unique identifier for layer that is globally unique."
+
+        },
+        "dc_identifier_s": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": " Unique identifier for layer. May be same as UUID but may be an alternate identifier."
+        },
+        "dc_title_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Title for the layer."
+
+        },
+        "dc_description_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Description for the layer."
+
+        },
+        "dc_rights_s": { 
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["Public", "Restricted"], 
+            "description": " Access rights for the layer. Must be Public or Restricted."
+
+        },
+        "dct_provenance_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Institution who holds the layer."
+
+        },
+        "dct_references_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " JSON hash for external resources, where each key is a URI for the protocol or format and the value is the URL to the resource."
+
+        },
+        "georss_box_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Bounding box as maximum values for S W N E. Example: 12.6 -119.4 19.9 84.8."
+
+        },
+        "layer_id_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " The complete identifier for the layer via WMS/WFS/WCS protocol. Example: druid:vr593vj7147."
+
+        },
+        "layer_geom_type_s": { 
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["Point", "Line", "Polygon", "Raster", "Scanned Map", "Paper Map", "Mixed"],
+            "description": " Geometry type for layer data."
+
+        },
+        "layer_modified_dt": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Last modification date for the metadata record in the Solr date/time format. Example: 2014-04-30T13:48:51Z. Note that this field is indexed as a Solr date-time field."
+
+        },
+        "layer_slug_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": " Unique identifier visible to the user, used for Permalinks. Example: stanford-vr593vj7147."
+
+        },
+        "solr_bbox": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Derived from georss_box_s. Bounding box as maximum values for W S E N. Example: 76.76 12.62 84.76 19.91. Note that this field is indexed as a Solr spatial field."
+
+        },
+        "solr_geom": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Derived from georss_polygon_s or georss_box_s. Shape of the layer as a ENVELOPE WKT using W E N S. Example: ENVELOPE(76.76, 84.76, 19.91, 12.62). Note that this field is indexed as a Solr spatial field."
+
+        },
+        "solr_year_i": { 
+            "type": "integer", 
+            "description": "Derived from dct_temporal_sm. Year for which layer is valid and only a single value. Example: 1989. Note that this field is indexed as a Solr numeric field."
+
+        },
+        "dc_creator_sm": { 
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                 "type": "string"
+             },
+            "description": "Author(s). Example: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson."
+
+        },
+        "dc_format_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "File format for the layer. Examples: Shapefile, GeoTIFF, ArcGRID."
+
+        },
+        "dc_language_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Language for the layer. Example: English."
+
+        },
+        "dc_publisher_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Publisher. Example: ML InfoMap."
+
+        },
+        "dc_subject_sm": { 
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                 "type": "string"
+             },
+            "description": "Subjects, preferrably in a controlled vocabulary. Examples: Census, Human settlements."
+
+        },
+        "dc_type_s": { 
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["Dataset", "Image", "PhysicalObject"],
+            "description": "Resource type."
+
+        },
+        "dct_spatial_sm": { 
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                 "type": "string"
+             },
+            "description": "Spatial coverage and place names. Example: Paris, France."
+
+        },
+        "dct_temporal_sm": { 
+            "type": "array", 
+            "items": {
+                 "type": "string"
+             },
+            "description": "Temporal coverage, typically years or dates. Example: 1989, 2010."
+
+        },
+        "dct_issued_dt": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Issued date for the layer."
+
+        },
+        "dct_isPartOf_sm": { 
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+                 "type": "string"
+             },
+            "description": "Holding dataset for the layer, such as the name of a collection. Example: Village Maps of India."
+
+        },
+        "georss_point_s": { 
+            "type": "string", 
+            "description": "Point representation for layer as y, x - i.e., centroid. Example: 12.6 -119.4."
+
+        }
+    }
+}