{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-apis/refs/heads/main/json-schema/restful-apis-resource-schema.json",
  "title": "RESTful API Resource",
  "description": "Represents a RESTful API resource following REST architectural constraints including resource identification, representation, and CRUD operations via HTTP methods.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": ["string", "integer"],
      "description": "Unique identifier for the resource."
    },
    "href": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Self-referencing URI for the resource (HATEOAS)."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Resource type name (e.g., 'user', 'product', 'order')."
    },
    "attributes": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Resource-specific attributes as key-value pairs.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "relationships": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Related resources linked via URIs.",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "href": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"},
          "type": {"type": "string"}
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Metadata about the resource (pagination, versioning, etc.).",
      "properties": {
        "createdAt": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
        "updatedAt": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
        "version": {"type": "integer"}
      }
    }
  },
  "required": ["id", "type"]
}