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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+  "$id": "https://nextflow.io",
+  "title": "Nextflow Schema Meta-schema",
+  "description": "Meta-schema to validate Nextflow parameter schema files",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "$schema": {
+      "title": "schema",
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
+    "$id": {
+      "title": "ID URI",
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
+    "title": {
+      "title": "Title",
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "title": "Description",
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1
+    },
+    "type": {
+      "title": "Top level type",
+      "type": "string",
+      "const": "object"
+    },
+    "definitions": {
+      "title": "Parameter groups",
+      "type": "object",
+      "patternProperties": {
+        "^.*$": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "required": [
+            "title",
+            "type",
+            "properties"
+          ],
+          "properties": {
+            "title": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "minLength": 1
+            },
+            "type": {
+              "const": "object"
+            },
+            "fa_icon": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "pattern": "^fa"
+            },
+            "description": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "minLength": 1
+            },
+            "required": {
+              "type": "array"
+            },
+            "properties": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "patternProperties": {
+                "^.*$": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "required": [
+                      "type"
+                    ],
+                    "properties": {
+                      "type": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "enum": ["string", "boolean", "integer", "number"]
+                      },
+                      "format": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "enum": ["file-path", "directory-path", "path"]
+                      },
+                      "exists": {
+                        "type": "boolean"
+                      },
+                      "mimetype": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": ".+/.+"
+                      },
+                      "pattern": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "schema": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "description": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "help_text": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "fa_icon": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "pattern": "^fa"
+                      },
+                      "errorMessage": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "minLength": 1
+                      },
+                      "hidden": {
+                        "type": "boolean"
+                      },
+                      "minLength": {
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      },
+                      "maxLength": {
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      },
+                      "minimum": {
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      },
+                      "maximum": {
+                        "type": "integer"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    },
+    "allOf": {
+      "title": "Combine definition groups",
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "required": [
+          "$ref"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "$ref": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "pattern": "^#/definitions/"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "$schema",
+    "$id",
+    "title",
+    "description",
+    "type"
+  ]
+}