{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/0.4/schemas/plate.schema",
  "title": "OME-Zarr plate schema",
  "description": "The zarr.json attributes key",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ome": {
      "description": "The versioned OME-Zarr Metadata namespace",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "plate": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "acquisitions": {
              "description": "The acquisitions for this plate",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "description": "A unique identifier within the context of the plate",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0
                  },
                  "maximumfieldcount": {
                    "description": "The maximum number of fields of view for the acquisition",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "exclusiveMinimum": 0
                  },
                  "name": {
                    "description": "The name of the acquisition",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "description": {
                    "description": "The description of the acquisition",
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "starttime": {
                    "description": "The start timestamp of the acquisition, expressed as epoch time i.e. the number seconds since the Epoch",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0
                  },
                  "endtime": {
                    "description": "The end timestamp of the acquisition, expressed as epoch time i.e. the number seconds since the Epoch",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id"
                ]
              }
            },
            "field_count": {
              "description": "The maximum number of fields per view across all wells",
              "type": "integer",
              "exclusiveMinimum": 0
            },
            "name": {
              "description": "The name of the plate",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "columns": {
              "description": "The columns of the plate",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "name": {
                    "description": "The column name",
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9]+$"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "name"
                ]
              },
              "minItems": 1,
              "uniqueItems": true
            },
            "rows": {
              "description": "The rows of the plate",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "name": {
                    "description": "The row name",
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9]+$"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "name"
                ]
              },
              "minItems": 1,
              "uniqueItems": true
            },
            "wells": {
              "description": "The wells of the plate",
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "path": {
                    "description": "The path to the well subgroup",
                    "type": "string",
                    "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9]+/[A-Za-z0-9]+$"
                  },
                  "rowIndex": {
                    "description": "The index of the well in the rows list",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0
                  },
                  "columnIndex": {
                    "description": "The index of the well in the columns list",
                    "type": "integer",
                    "minimum": 0
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "path",
                  "rowIndex",
                  "columnIndex"
                ]
              },
              "minItems": 1,
              "uniqueItems": true
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "columns",
            "rows",
            "wells"
          ]
        },
        "version": {
          "$ref": "https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/schemas/_version.schema"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "plate",
        "version"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ome"
  ]
}