vcmi/config/schemas/mod.json

{
	"type":"object",
	"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema",
	"title" : "VCMI mod file format",
	"description" : "Format used to define main mod file (mod.json) in VCMI",
	"required" : [ "name", "description", "version", "author", "contact", "modType" ],

	"additionalProperties" : false,
	"properties":{
		"name": {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Short name of your mod. No more than 2-3 words"
		},
		"description": {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "More lengthy description of mod. No hard limit"
		},

		"modType" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Type of mod, e.g. Town, Artifacts, Graphical."
		},

		"version" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Current mod version, up to 3 numbers, dot-separated. Format: A.B.C"
		},

		"author" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Author of the mod. Can be nickname, real name or name of team"
		},

		"licenseName" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Name of the license, recommended is Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike"
		},

		"licenseURL" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Url to license text, e.g. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed"
		},

		"contact" : {
			"type":"string",
			"description": "Home page of mod or link to forum thread"
		},

		"depends": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of mods that are required to run this one",
			"items": { "type":"string" }
		},
		"conflicts": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of mods that can't be enabled in the same time as this one",
			"items": { "type":"string" }
		},

		"keepDisabled" : {
			"type":"boolean",
			"description": "If set to true, mod will not be enabled automatically on install"
		},

		"artifacts": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for artifacts",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"creatures": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for creatures",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"factions": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for towns/factions",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"heroClasses": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for hero classes",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"heroes": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for heroes",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"objects": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for objects",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"scripts": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for scripts",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"spells": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for spells",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"skills": {
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for skills",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }
		},
		"templates":{
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for RMG templates",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }

		},
		"battlefields":{
			"type":"array",
			"description": "List of configuration files for battlefields",
			"items": { "type":"string", "format" : "textFile" }

		},

		"changelog" : {
			"type":"object",
			"description": "List of changes/new features in each version",
			"additionalProperties" : {
				"type" : "array",
				"items" : { "type":"string" }
			}
		},

		"filesystem": {
			"type":"object",
			"description": "Optional, description on how files are organized in your mod. In most cases you do not need to use this field",
			"additionalProperties":{
				"type":"array",
				"description" : "list of data sources attached to this mount point",
				"items": {
					"type":"object",
					"additionalProperties" : false,
					"properties":{
						"path": {
							"type":"string",
							"description": "Path to data source"
						},
						"type": {
							"type" : "string",
							"enum" : [ "dir", "lod", "snd", "vid", "map", "zip" ],
							"description" : "Type of data source"
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}