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  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techrepublic/main/json-schema/techrepublic-category-schema.json",
  "title": "TechRepublic Category",
  "description": "A TechRepublic content category representing a technology topic area.",
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      "description": "Unique identifier for the category term."
    },
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      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of published posts within the category.",
      "minimum": 0
    },
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      "type": "string",
      "description": "HTML description of the category."
    },
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      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the category archive page."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Display name for the category."
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An alphanumeric identifier for the category.",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9-]+$"
    },
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      "type": "string",
      "description": "Type attribution for the term.",
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    },
    "parent": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The parent term ID. 0 if top-level."
    }
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}