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tegwick 6df9b5df05 feat: add terminology schema example and improve schema-list command
This commit completes Phase 2 of schema evolution work and establishes
a new example demonstrating schema usage for terminology documents.

## New Features

### Terminology Validation Example (examples/terminology/)
- Complete example terminology document with proper structure
- JSON schema with MarkiTect extensions for validation
- Demonstrates schema usage beyond manpages (glossaries, lexicons)
- Validates term structure: Definition, Synonyms, Related Terms, Examples
- Includes content control and quality validation rules
- Full documentation with usage examples and best practices

### Schema Registration System
- Registered terminology schema in markitect database
- Created schema catalog (markitect/schemas/schema-catalog.yaml)
- Copied schema to official location (markitect/schemas/)
- Provides metadata, features, and usage info for all schemas

### Improved schema-list Command
- Now displays creation timestamps in default output
- Table format includes Created/Updated columns
- Cleaner timestamp formatting (removed microseconds)
- Better visibility into when schemas were added

## Files Changed

Added:
- examples/terminology/README.md - Complete documentation
- examples/terminology/terminology-example.md - Example glossary
- examples/terminology/terminology-schema.json - Validation schema
- markitect/schemas/terminology-schema.json - Registered schema
- markitect/schemas/schema-catalog.yaml - Schema registry

Modified:
- markitect/cli.py - Enhanced schema-list with timestamps
- TODO.md - Documented Phase 2 completion and new example

Moved:
- SCHEMA_EVOLUTION_WORKPLAN.md → todo/ directory

## Schema Features Demonstrated

- Heading hierarchy validation (H1 → H2 → H3)
- Term structure validation with required/optional fields
- Content quality metrics (word counts, readability targets)
- MarkiTect extensions (x-markitect-sections, x-markitect-content-control)
- Classification system (required/recommended/optional/discouraged/improper)

## Usage

```bash
# List schemas with timestamps
markitect schema-list

# Validate terminology document
markitect validate glossary.md --schema terminology-schema.json

# View in table format
markitect schema-list --format table
```

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Project Terminology

A glossary of key terms and concepts for this project.

Core Concepts

Abstract Syntax Tree

Definition: A tree representation of the abstract syntactic structure of source code or markup, where each node represents a construct occurring in the source.

Synonyms: AST, Parse Tree

Related Terms: Parser, Token, Node

Example:

# Heading
Paragraph text

The AST representation would include nodes for heading (level 1) and paragraph elements.

Schema Validation

Definition: The process of verifying that a document's structure conforms to a predefined schema specification.

Synonyms: Structural Validation, Schema Conformance

Related Terms: JSON Schema, Validator, Metaschema

Use Cases:

  • Ensuring documentation completeness
  • Enforcing content standards
  • Automated quality checks

Document Types

Manpage

Definition: A manual page document following Unix/Linux documentation conventions, typically including sections like SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, and OPTIONS.

Format: Markdown with specific heading structure

Related Terms: Documentation, Manual, Help Text

Blueprint

Definition: A template specification that combines schemas, content instructions, and data templates for generating documents.

Components:

  • Schema references
  • Content model
  • Data schema
  • Generation rules

Process Terms

Schema Refinement

Definition: The process of transforming a rigid, auto-generated schema into a flexible, classification-aware schema with content guidance.

Steps:

  1. Analyze existing schema for rigidity
  2. Loosen exact constraints to ranges
  3. Add classification metadata
  4. Include content instructions

Tools: markitect schema-analyze, markitect schema-refine

Quality Attributes

Classification Levels

Definition: A hierarchical system for categorizing document elements based on their importance and requirements.

Levels:

  • Required: Must be present (validation fails if missing)
  • Recommended: Should be present (warning if missing)
  • Optional: May be present (no impact)
  • Discouraged: Should not be present (warning if present)
  • Improper: Must not be present (validation fails if present)

Deprecated Terms

Rigid Schema

Status: DEPRECATED - Use "Unrefined Schema" instead

Definition: A schema with exact count constraints that make it unusable as a pattern.

Migration: Use schema refinement tools to convert to flexible schemas.