YAML Schema

To create a YAML Schema file of your entity, choose the menu Tools > Forward Engineering > YAML Schema:

 

 

then select the directory path and file name.

 

The YAMLSchema for the entity can also be viewed in the left-hand pane of the JSON Preview tab:

 

 

 

Several important options are available:

1) YAML Schema compliance:

- standard: only YAML Schema keywords and data types are used -- this output should pass validation with standard validators

- full: custom keywords are also listed for a full view of the schema, but only standard YAML data types are used -- this output should pass validation as long as additionalProperties are set to true

- extended: data types are specific to the target of the model, plus internal properties and keywords are also listed.  

 

Important note: in extended compliance, it is normal that the exported YAML Schema does not pass the test of validators.  This is because data types used for a given target may be non-YAML data types.  For example ObjectId for MongoDB, or UUID in Cassandra, etc...

 

2) Definitions:

- referenced: definitions are referenced as described in the model, using $ref syntax

- resolved:: definitions are resolved to list the content of the reference.

- internal: references to external and model definitions are converted into internal definitions