@backstage/catalog-model
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Types and validators that help describe the model of a Backstage Catalog
Contains the core model types and validators/policies used by the Backstage catalog functionality.
This package will be imported both by the frontend and backend parts of the catalog, as well as by others that want to consume catalog data.
AJV (Another JSON Schema Validator) is a package for validating JSON objects against JSON schemas. It is highly performant and supports JSON Schema draft-07. Compared to @backstage/catalog-model, AJV is more general-purpose and not specifically tailored for Backstage entities.
Joi is a powerful schema description language and data validator for JavaScript. It allows you to define schemas for your data and validate JavaScript objects against these schemas. While Joi is versatile and can be used for various validation tasks, it does not provide the specific entity models and utilities that @backstage/catalog-model offers for Backstage.
Yup is a JavaScript schema builder for value parsing and validation. It is similar to Joi but has a more modern API and is often used with React applications. Like Joi, Yup is a general-purpose validation library and does not include the specific models and utilities for Backstage entities provided by @backstage/catalog-model.
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Types and validators that help describe the model of a Backstage Catalog
The npm package @backstage/catalog-model receives a total of 191,542 weekly downloads. As such, @backstage/catalog-model popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @backstage/catalog-model demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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