# JSON Schema Working Group Charter (Proposed)

JSON Schema is a JSON language for describing the data structures of other JSON documents.
JSON Schema is widely referenced with the IETF and by other organizations such as 3GPP, W3C, HR Open Standards,
OpenBanking UK, OpenAPI, ETSI, C2PA and more. JSON Schema is widely used in many open source
and commercial offerings.

However, JSON Schema is described in at least 5 IETF Internet-Drafts but has never been published as an RFC. The goal of
this working group is to produce a stable, reference specification of JSON Schema as a
Proposed Standard. This specification will contain only features and
mechanisms in JSON Schema that are in known use, and the working group may remove features
and mechanisms it is (a) confident are not in use and (b) are likely not to be used in
the future. Also, the working group will ensure that changes are carefully assessed to avoid breaking known deployments.
To achieve this goal, the document produced by this working group may have the following scope:

* Document, mitigate, or fix any security concerns with JSON Schema.
* Register values into existing IANA registries, such as a media-type for JSON Schema documents.
* Create new IANA registries specific to JSON Schema.
* Document or mitigate operational and interoperability concerns with JSON Schema.

draft-dusseault-json-schema-00 is a recent attempt to collect all known uses of JSON Schema
into a specification. The working group may use this document as a starting point for the
development of a Proposed Standard.

This working group will not produce any other language for describing JSON data structures.
The working group may recharter to broaden the group's scope of work only after completing the
group's initial milestone.

The JSONSCHEMA working group will liaise with other organizations, including but not limited to,
ETSI, 3GPP, and OpenAPI regarding known uses of JSON Schema mechanisms.