Fields supported in schemas/*.yml

YAML with a twist: Flattened field names equivalent to nested. E.g. foo.bar: value and foo:\n bar: value.

Schema heading

name (required): Name of the field set
root (optional, default false): Whether or not the fields of this field set should be nested under the field set name.
title (required): Rendered name of the field set (e.g. for documentation) Must be correctly capitalized
group (required for now): TBD. Just set it to 2, for now ;-)
description (required): Description of the field set
fields (required): YAML array as described below
type (ignored): at this level, should always be group

Array of YAML objects:

- name: version
  level: core
  type: keyword

Supported keys to describe fields

name (required): Name of the field
level (required, one of: core, extended): ECS Level of maturity of the field
type (required): Type of the field. Must be set explicitly, no default.
required (TBD): TBD if still relevant.
short (optional): Optional shorter definition, for display in tight spaces
description (required): Description of the field
example (optional): A single value example of what can be expected in this field
multi_fields (optional):
reusable (optional):
index (optional): If False, means field is not indexed (overrides type)