SCHEMA-SALAD-TOOL3(1)

💖 SCHEMA-SALAD-TOOL3(1) — like, the manual page but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're learning schema-salad-tool and honestly? it's giving main character energy. this is the User Commands manual page for <rainbow>schema-salad-tool</rainbow>, aka Schema Annotations for Linked Avro Data (SALAD). yes that's a real acronym. yes the tools are iconic. let's go 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

schema-salad-tool — Schema Annotations for Linked Avro Data (SALAD) 🥗

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the literal usage line, no edits, no notes, just vibes:

usage: python3 -m schema_salad [-h] [--rdf-serializer RDF_SERIALIZER]
       [--skip-schemas] [--strict-foreign-properties]
       [--version] [--print-jsonld-context | --print-rdfs | --print-avro
       | --print-rdf | --print-pre | --print-index | --print-metadata |
       --print-inheritance-dot | --print-fieldrefs-dot | --codegen
       LANGUAGE | --print-oneline | --print-doc] [--codegen-target
       CODEGEN_TARGET] [--codegen-examples DIRECTORY] [--codegen-package
       DOTTED.PACKAGE] [--codegen-copyright COPYRIGHT_STRING]
       [--codegen-spdx-copyright-text SPDX_COPYRIGHT_TEXT
       [SPDX_COPYRIGHT_TEXT ...]]  [--codegen-spdx-license-identifier
       SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER] [--codegen-parser-info PARSER_INFO]
       [--strict | --non-strict] [--verbose | --quiet | --debug] [--only
       ONLY] [--redirect REDIRECT] [--brand BRAND] [--brandlink
       BRANDLINK] [--brandstyle BRANDSTYLE] [--brandinverse] [--primtype
       PRIMTYPE] [schema] [document ...]

and what does it do, you ask? Validate Salad schemas or documents. that's it. that's the whole job. protecting your schemas from chaos, one validation at a time 🫶

🎀 positional arguments

• schema — the schema. the blueprint. the blueprint-iest blueprint.
• document — one or more documents to run against it, because why send just one when you can send many 💅

🦋 options

• -h, --help — show this help message and exit. classic. never change.
• --rdf-serializer RDF_SERIALIZER — the RDF serialization format that --print-rdf uses. pick one of turtle (that's the default, obvi), n3, nt, xml.
• --skip-schemas — if you say so, it literally ignores $schemas sections. bye schemas 👋
• --strict-foreign-properties — strict checking of foreign properties. no slacking allowed.
• --version, -v — Print version. short and sweet.

🔥 Output type and format

this is the "what do you want me to PRINT" section and honestly it ate:

• --print-jsonld-context — Print JSON-LD context for schema.
• --print-rdfs — Print RDF schema.
• --print-avro — Print Avro schema.
• --print-rdf — Print corresponding RDF graph for document.
• --print-pre — Print document after preprocessing.
• --print-index — Print node index.
• --print-metadata — Print document metadata.
• --print-inheritance-dot — Print graphviz file of inheritance. (graphviz!!! 🕸️)
• --print-fieldrefs-dot — Print graphviz file of field refs.
• --codegen LANGUAGE — Generate classes in a target language. currently supported: python, java, typescript, dotnet, cpp, dlang. pick your fighter ✨
• --print-oneline — Print each error message in oneline. compact queen.
• --print-doc — Print HTML schema documentation page.

💜 Code generation configuration

heads up bestie: this whole group Requires --codegen LANGUAGE. no codegen, no party.

• --codegen-target CODEGEN_TARGET — Defaults to sys.stdout for Python/C++/Dlang and ./ for Java/TypeScript/.Net. (yes, exactly like that.)
• --codegen-examples DIRECTORY — Directory of example documents for test case generation (Java/TypeScript/.Net/Dlang only).
• --codegen-package DOTTED.PACKAGE — Optional override of the package name which is otherwise derived from the base URL (Java/TypeScript/.Net/Dlang only).
• --codegen-copyright COPYRIGHT_STRING — Optional copyright of the input schema.
• --codegen-spdx-copyright-text SPDX_COPYRIGHT_TEXT [SPDX_COPYRIGHT_TEXT ...] — List of copyright text. Each entry will show up as SPDX-FileCopyrightText: ... (Currently C++ only).
• --codegen-spdx-license-identifier SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER — Optional spdx license identifier, e.g.: GPL-3.0-only (Currently C++ only).
• --codegen-parser-info PARSER_INFO — Optional parser name which is accessible via resulted parser API (Python and Dlang only).

🌈 Validation strictness

choose your chaos level:

• --strict — Strict validation (unrecognized or out of place fields are error). zero tolerance, no notes.
• --non-strict — Lenient validation (ignore unrecognized fields). live and let live 🍓

⭐ Logging detail level

how much do you want to hear about it:

• --verbose — Default logging.
• --quiet — Only print warnings and errors.
• --debug — Print even more logging. maximum yapping mode 💀

🧚 Documentation generation options

reminder bestie: these Requires --print-doc. that's the entry fee.

• --only ONLY — Document only listed types.
• --redirect REDIRECT — Override default link for type.
• --brand BRAND — Set the 'brand' text in nav bar.
• --brandlink BRANDLINK — Set the link for 'brand' in nav bar.
• --brandstyle BRANDSTYLE — HTML code to link to an external style sheet.
• --brandinverse — Set to use the dark navigation bar style. dark mode supremacy, no cap.
• --primtype PRIMTYPE — Link to use for primitive types (string, int etc).

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and that's the whole page, bestie, you made it 🥹💖 no skipped options, no missing flags, every default preserved like it's precious cargo (because it is). go validate something and slay 💅✨

this was schema-salad-tool 8.9.202604171..., dated April 2026, and yeah it lives under the SCHEMA-SALAD-TOOL3(1) banner — mwah, iconic, periodt 🎀