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add glossary entry for 'implementation' #277

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Expand Up @@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ A property appearing within a [schema](#schema) object.

The [JSON Schema specification](../specification) defines behavior for a large library of keywords which can be used to describe [instances](#instance).

### implementation

An implementation is any software tooling or library for working with or evaluating schemas in some way that does not contradict the JSON Schema specification.

The following are considered implementations:

- a validator library
- a CLI validator
- a schema or code generator
- a UI form generator

Applications which use JSON Schema internally without exposing that functionality in some way, for example, validating configuration files or web requests, are not considered implementations.

### instance

A piece of JSON data which is to be described by a [schema](#schema).
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