linkml example - inlining as dictionary https://linkml.io/linkml/schemas/inlining.html#inlining-as-a-dictionary

data.yaml

id: NCBITaxon:40674
name: mammals
has_subtypes:
  NCBITaxon:9443:
    name: primates
    has_subtypes:
      NCBITaxon:9606:
        name: humans
      NCBITaxon:9682:
        name: cats

schema.yaml

# https://linkml.io/linkml/schemas/inlining.html#inlining-as-a-dictionary
id: https://w3id.org/linkml/examples/
name: organisms
prefixes:
  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
imports:
  - linkml:types
default_range: string
  
classes:
  Organism:
    slots:
      - id
      - name
      - has_subtypes

slots:
  id:
    identifier: true
  name:
    range: string
  has_subtypes:
    range: Organism
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: false

validate.sh

#!/usr/bin/sh

linkml-validate -s schema.yaml --target-class Organism data.yaml