Json $schema only works on root object

Question

I'm trying to use the $schema property in a json file to point to a local json schema file. This works if I do it at the root:

But doesn't work if it is applied to any other element not at the root:

Is there a way to make this work when not applying the schema to the root?

Answer 1

No. The JSON Schema specification doesn't permit this.*

Why do you want to do this? The $schema keyword is declaring the syntax to use for the entire schema. It doesn't make sense to change that halfway through.

* Technically you can use the $schema keyword at any place that is known as a "resource root", but if you don't know what that is, you shouldn't be making use of that feature as it's rather advanced.