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title: "Discussion on \"The Rubric Sits On Top Of The Spec: A Schema Validator Postmortem\\n\" | Hashnode"
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# [The Rubric Sits On Top Of The Spec: A Schema Validator Postmortem\\n](https://jeremylongshore.hashnode.dev/the-rubric-sits-on-top-of-the-spec-a-schema-validator-postmortemn?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When you author a stricter enterprise rubric on top of a permissive open spec, the rubric must sit additive on top of the spec — not replace its required-field set with the spec's floor. Demoting required-field errors to warnings to "realign with the...

May 1 · 15 min read · jeremylongshore.hashnode.dev  
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