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This is a fallback type used in Stencila Schema for values or nodes whose concrete type is not known.

It exists to preserve information during decoding, transformation, or partial validation when content cannot yet be mapped to a more specific schema type. This helps Stencila avoid unnecessary data loss while still keeping the uncertainty explicit.

This type is mainly useful at interoperability and ingestion boundaries.

Properties

The Unknown type has these properties:

NameDescriptionTypeInherited from
idThe identifier for this item.StringEntity

Related

The Unknown type is related to these types:

Bindings

The Unknown type is represented in:


This documentation was generated from Unknown.yaml by docs_types.rs.

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