pairs containing user-defined metadata
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			</ul>

			<h5 class="text-uppercase">validator, converter, and data binding functionality</h5>
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			<h6>Validator</h6>
			<p>
				The TIES Schema Validator allows users to verify that TIES JSON documents are compliant with the current version of the TIES Schema. The validator provides error messages for any fields that do not conform to the schema. The validator can be used as a command-line tool, or invoked programmatically as part of 