{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/restful-microservices/refs/heads/main/json-schema/restful-microservices-service-schema.json",
  "title": "Microservice",
  "description": "Represents a RESTful microservice in a distributed system — an independently deployable service unit that communicates via HTTP REST APIs and is governed by a bounded context.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the microservice."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Service name, typically in kebab-case (e.g., 'order-service')."
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Description of the service's bounded context and responsibilities."
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Service version following semantic versioning.",
      "pattern": "^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$"
    },
    "baseUrl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Base URL of the service's REST API."
    },
    "healthEndpoint": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Health check endpoint path (e.g., '/health', '/actuator/health')."
    },
    "apiSpec": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL to the OpenAPI specification for this service."
    },
    "team": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Owning team or squad name."
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Primary programming language (e.g., 'Java', 'Go', 'Python', 'Node.js')."
    },
    "framework": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Web framework used (e.g., 'Spring Boot', 'Express', 'FastAPI', 'Go Fiber')."
    },
    "dependencies": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Other microservices this service depends on.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "serviceId": {"type": "string"},
          "serviceName": {"type": "string"},
          "communicationType": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": ["synchronous", "asynchronous", "event-driven"]
          }
        },
        "required": ["serviceId"]
      }
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Domain tags for the service (e.g., 'Orders', 'Payments', 'Users').",
      "items": {"type": "string"}
    }
  },
  "required": ["name", "version"]
}