JSON Schema for VSCode syntax definitions written in JSON.

JSON-tmLanguage.json

{
    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
    "$id": "https://gist.github.com/dunstontc/1e30c3a454b252123d8101c8059855c3",
    "description": "See: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/tree/master/extensions",
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
        "name",
        "scopeName",
        "patterns"
    ],
    "definitions": {
        
        "scope": { "type":"array" },
        
        "match": { "type": "string", "format": "regex" },
        "begin": { "type": "string", "format": "regex" },
        "end":   { "type": "string", "format": "regex" },
        
        "scopeName": { "type":"string", "pattern": "[a-zA-Z\\-.]+"  },
        "include":   { "type":"string", "pattern": "#[a-zA-Z\\-.]+" },

        "beginCaptures": { "type": "object", "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/scopeName" } },
        "endCaptures":   { "type": "object", "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/scopeName" } },
        "captures":      { "type": "object", "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/scopeName" } },

        "pattern": {
            "type": "object",
            "anyOf": [
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/match" },
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/begin" },
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/end" },
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/beginCaptures" },
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/endCaptures" }
                { "$ref": "#/definitions/scopeName" },
            ]
        }
    },
    "properties": {
        "version":    { "type": "string" },
        "name":       { "type": "string" },
        "scopeName":  { "type": "string" },
        "command":    { "type": "string", "description": "idk" },
        "uuid":       { "type": "string", "description": "DEPRECATED" },
        "patterns":   { "type": "array",  "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/pattern" } },
        "repository": { "type": "object" }
    }
}